diff --git a/git-log-script b/git-log-script
index 5716b29941..b36c4e9534 100755
--- a/git-log-script
+++ b/git-log-script
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2005 Linus Torvalds
+#
+
+# This one uses only subdirectory-aware commands, so no need to
+# include sh-setup-script.
+
 revs=$(git-rev-parse --revs-only --no-flags --default HEAD "$@") || exit
-[ "$revs" ] || die "No HEAD ref"
-git-rev-list --pretty $(git-rev-parse --default HEAD "$@") | LESS=-S ${PAGER:-less}
+[ "$revs" ] || {
+	echo >&2 "No HEAD ref"
+	exit 1
+}
+git-rev-list --pretty $(git-rev-parse --default HEAD "$@") |
+LESS=-S ${PAGER:-less}