2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index 05c4c923fa..2717dd81c3 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ struct commit_graft *read_graft_line(char *buf, int len)
 
 	if (buf[len-1] == '\n')
 		buf[--len] = 0;
-	if (buf[0] == '#')
+	if (buf[0] == '#' || buf[0] == '\0')
 		return NULL;
 	if ((len + 1) % 41) {
 	bad_graft_data:
diff --git a/rev-list.c b/rev-list.c
index f5511e72db..a8fe83c5d8 100644
--- a/rev-list.c
+++ b/rev-list.c
@@ -371,6 +371,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	save_commit_buffer = verbose_header;
 	track_object_refs = 0;
+	if (bisect_list)
+		revs.limited = 1;
 
 	prepare_revision_walk(&revs);
 	if (revs.tree_objects)