diff --git a/plugins/git/src/main.rs b/plugins/git/src/main.rs
index 21fbf506..50d11fee 100644
--- a/plugins/git/src/main.rs
+++ b/plugins/git/src/main.rs
@@ -469,4 +469,12 @@ mod test {
 		let (leftover, _) = crate::parse::patch(input).unwrap();
 		assert!(leftover.is_empty());
 	}
+
+	#[test]
+	fn test_patch_without_triple_plus_minus() {
+		let input = "~~~\n\n0\t0\tmy_test_.py\n\ndiff --git a/my_test_.py b/my_test_.py\ndeleted file mode 100644\nindex e69de29bb2..0000000000\n~~~\n\n33\t3\tnumpy/_core/src/umath/string_fastsearch.h\n\ndiff --git a/numpy/_core/src/umath/string_fastsearch.h b/numpy/_core/src/umath/string_fastsearch.h\nindex 2a778bb86f..1f2d47e8f1 100644\n--- a/numpy/_core/src/umath/string_fastsearch.h\n+++ b/numpy/_core/src/umath/string_fastsearch.h\n@@ -35,0 +36 @@\n+ * @internal\n";
+		let (leftover, diffs) = crate::parse::diffs(input).unwrap();
+		assert!(leftover.is_empty());
+		assert!(diffs.len() == 2);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/plugins/git/src/parse.rs b/plugins/git/src/parse.rs
index b80d74bf..6ce4b1aa 100644
--- a/plugins/git/src/parse.rs
+++ b/plugins/git/src/parse.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ use anyhow::{Context as _, Error, Result};
 use jiff::Timestamp;
 use nom::{
 	branch::alt,
-	character::complete::{char as character, digit1, not_line_ending, one_of, space1},
+	bytes::complete::tag,
+	character::complete::{char as character, digit1, newline, not_line_ending, one_of, space1},
 	combinator::{map, opt, peek, recognize},
 	error::{Error as NomError, ErrorKind},
 	multi::{fold_many0, many0, many1, many_m_n},
@@ -74,9 +75,11 @@ fn commit(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, RawCommit> {
 	let (input, committer_name) = line(input)?;
 	let (input, committer_email) = line(input)?;
 	let (input, committed_on_str) = line(input)?;
-	// For now, we do not use a commit's signer information
-	let (input, _signer_name) = line(input)?;
-	let (input, _signer_key) = line(input)?;
+	// At one point our `git log` invocation was configured
+	// to return GPG key info, but that was leading to errors
+	// with format and GPG key validation, so we removed it
+	// from the print specifier
+
 	// There is always an empty line here; ignore it
 	let (input, _empty_line) = line(input)?;
 
@@ -183,6 +186,30 @@ pub(crate) fn stats(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Vec<Stat<'_>>> {
 	})(input)
 }
 
+pub(crate) fn opt_rest_diff_header(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Diff> {
+	opt(tuple((newline, diff)))(input).map(|(i, x)| {
+		if let Some((_, d)) = x {
+			(i, d)
+		} else {
+			(
+				i,
+				Diff {
+					additions: None,
+					deletions: None,
+					file_diffs: vec![],
+				},
+			)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// Some empty commits have no output in the corresponding `git log` command, so we had to add a
+// special header to be able to parse and recognize empty diffs and thus make the number of diffs
+// and commits equal
+pub(crate) fn diff_header(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Diff> {
+	tuple((tag("~~~\n"), opt_rest_diff_header))(input).map(|(i, (_, diff))| (i, diff))
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn diff(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Diff> {
 	log::trace!("input is {:#?}", input);
 	tuple((stats, line, patches))(input).map(|(i, (stats, _, patches))| {
@@ -255,7 +282,7 @@ fn gh_diff(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Diff> {
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn diffs(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Vec<Diff>> {
-	many0(diff)(input)
+	many0(diff_header)(input)
 }
 
 fn gh_diffs(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, Vec<Diff>> {
@@ -277,8 +304,16 @@ fn single_alpha(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, &str> {
 	))(input)
 }
 
+fn triple_plus_minus_line(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, &str> {
+	recognize(tuple((alt((tag("+++"), tag("---"))), line)))(input)
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn patch_header(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, &str> {
-	recognize(tuple((metas, opt(line), opt(line))))(input)
+	recognize(tuple((
+		metas,
+		opt(triple_plus_minus_line),
+		opt(triple_plus_minus_line),
+	)))(input)
 }
 
 fn chunk_prefix(input: &str) -> IResult<&str, &str> {
@@ -428,6 +463,27 @@ pub struct Stat<'a> {
 mod test {
 	use super::*;
 
+	#[test]
+	fn parse_diff_header() {
+		let input = "\
+~~~\n\
+~~~\n\
+\n\
+1\t0\trequirements/test_requirements.txt\n\
+\n\
+diff --git a/requirements/test_requirements.txt b/requirements/test_requirements.txt\n\
+index 4e53f86d35..856ecf115e 100644\n\
+--- a/requirements/test_requirements.txt\n\
++++ b/requirements/test_requirements.txt\n\
+@@ -7,0 +8 @@ pytest==7.4.0\n\
++scipy-doctest\n";
+		let (leftover, diffs) = diffs(input).unwrap();
+		assert!(leftover.is_empty());
+		assert_eq!(diffs.len(), 2);
+		assert!(diffs.get(0).unwrap().file_diffs.is_empty());
+		assert!(!(diffs.get(1).unwrap().file_diffs.is_empty()));
+	}
+
 	#[test]
 	fn parse_stat() {
 		let line = "7       0       Cargo.toml\n";
diff --git a/plugins/git/src/util/git_command.rs b/plugins/git/src/util/git_command.rs
index 0bc36e7e..1bbecec1 100644
--- a/plugins/git/src/util/git_command.rs
+++ b/plugins/git/src/util/git_command.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ pub fn get_commits(repo: &str) -> Result<Vec<RawCommit>> {
 			"log",
 			"--no-merges",
 			"--date=iso-strict",
-			"--pretty=tformat:%H%n%aN%n%aE%n%ad%n%cN%n%cE%n%cd%n%GS%n%GK%n",
+			"--pretty=tformat:%H%n%aN%n%aE%n%ad%n%cN%n%cE%n%cd%n",
 		],
 	)?
 	.output()
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ pub fn get_diffs(repo: &str) -> Result<Vec<Diff>> {
 			"log",
 			"--no-merges",
 			"--numstat",
-			"--pretty=tformat:",
+			"--pretty=tformat:~~~",
 			"-U0",
 		],
 	)?