From 4c431045378c538f61ea94b55c41451948979abb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GDS K S <gagandua078@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:46:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix empty tree hash for SHA-256 repos

---
 pkg/commands/models/commit.go       | 14 ++++++++++++--
 pkg/gui/presentation/graph/graph.go |  6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/commands/models/commit.go b/pkg/commands/models/commit.go
index 137528ee6..77ad21b4a 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/models/commit.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/models/commit.go
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stefanhaller/git-todo-parser/todo"
 )
 
-// Special commit hash for empty tree object
+// Empty tree object hashes for SHA-1 and SHA-256 repos.
 const EmptyTreeCommitHash = "4b825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904"
+const EmptyTreeCommitHashSHA256 = "6ef19b41225c5369f1c104d45d8d85efa9b057b53b14b4b9b939dd74decc5321"
 
 type CommitStatus uint8
 
@@ -122,11 +123,20 @@ func (c *Commit) ShortRefName() string {
 
 func (c *Commit) ParentRefName() string {
 	if c.IsFirstCommit() {
-		return EmptyTreeCommitHash
+		return c.emptyTreeHash()
 	}
 	return c.RefName() + "^"
 }
 
+// emptyTreeHash returns the empty tree object hash matching this repo's
+// object format. SHA-256 repos produce 64-char hashes; SHA-1 repos 40-char.
+func (c *Commit) emptyTreeHash() string {
+	if len(c.Hash()) > 40 {
+		return EmptyTreeCommitHashSHA256
+	}
+	return EmptyTreeCommitHash
+}
+
 func (c *Commit) Parents() []string {
 	return lo.Map(c.parents, func(s *string, _ int) string { return *s })
 }
diff --git a/pkg/gui/presentation/graph/graph.go b/pkg/gui/presentation/graph/graph.go
index 1639a62e6..8c6a96b5e 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/presentation/graph/graph.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/presentation/graph/graph.go
@@ -142,7 +142,11 @@ func getNextPipes(prevPipes []Pipe, commit *models.Commit, getStyle func(c *mode
 
 	var toHash *string
 	if commit.IsFirstCommit() {
-		toHash = &EmptyTreeCommitHash
+		emptyHash := EmptyTreeCommitHash
+		if len(commit.Hash()) > 40 {
+			emptyHash = models.EmptyTreeCommitHashSHA256
+		}
+		toHash = &emptyHash
 	} else {
 		toHash = commit.ParentPtrs()[0]
 	}