diff --git a/src/gl-setup b/src/gl-setup
index b31c6c5..b12d9fd 100755
--- a/src/gl-setup
+++ b/src/gl-setup
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ gl-compile-conf -q
 od=$PWD
 cd; cd $REPO_BASE/gitolite-admin.git
 GIT_WORK_TREE=$GL_ADMINDIR git add conf/gitolite.conf keydir
-GIT_WORK_TREE=$GL_ADMINDIR git diff --cached --quiet || GIT_WORK_TREE=$GL_ADMINDIR git commit -am start
+GIT_WORK_TREE=$GL_ADMINDIR git diff --cached --quiet 2>/dev/null || GIT_WORK_TREE=$GL_ADMINDIR git commit -am start
 cd $od
 
 # now that the admin repo is created, you have to set the hooks properly; best