exit 1
fi
-projectdesc=$(sed -ne '1p' "$GIT_DIR/description")
+projectdesc=$(sed -ne '1p' "$GIT_DIR/description" 2>/dev/null)
# Check if the description is unchanged from it's default, and shorten it to
# a more manageable length if it is
if expr "$projectdesc" : "Unnamed repository.*$" >/dev/null