diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index da7635a..dc34bde 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
           profile: minimal
-          toolchain: stable
+          toolchain: 1.66.1
           components: clippy
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v1
       - run: ./scripts/ci/lint
diff --git a/radicle-surf/data/git-platinum.tgz b/radicle-surf/data/git-platinum.tgz
index 50cf9f2..acf440e 100644
Binary files a/radicle-surf/data/git-platinum.tgz and b/radicle-surf/data/git-platinum.tgz differ
diff --git a/radicle-surf/scripts/update-git-platinum.sh b/radicle-surf/scripts/update-git-platinum.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..beb4b3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/radicle-surf/scripts/update-git-platinum.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Verify that the script is run from project root.
+BASE=$(basename $(pwd))
+
+if [ "${BASE}" != "radicle-surf" ]
+then
+   echo "ERROR: this script should be run from the root of radicle-surf"
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+TARBALL_PATH=data/git-platinum.tgz
+WORKDIR=.workdir
+PLATINUM_REPO="$WORKDIR/git-platinum"
+
+# Create the workdir if needed.
+mkdir -p $WORKDIR
+
+# This is here in case the last script run failed and it never cleaned up.
+rm -rf "$PLATINUM_REPO"
+
+# Clone an up-to-date version of git-platinum.
+git clone https://github.com/radicle-dev/git-platinum.git "$PLATINUM_REPO"
+git -C "$PLATINUM_REPO" checkout empty-branch
+git -C "$PLATINUM_REPO" checkout dev
+
+# Add the necessary refs.
+input="./data/mock-branches.txt"
+while IFS= read -r line
+do
+    IFS=, read -a pair <<< $line
+    echo "Creating branch ${pair[0]}"
+    git -C "$PLATINUM_REPO" update-ref ${pair[0]} ${pair[1]}
+done < "$input"
+
+# Update the archive.
+tar -czf $WORKDIR/git-platinum.tgz -C $WORKDIR git-platinum
+mv $WORKDIR/git-platinum.tgz $TARBALL_PATH
+
+# Clean up.
+rm -rf "$PLATINUM_REPO"
diff --git a/radicle-surf/src/history.rs b/radicle-surf/src/history.rs
index 36d2a74..692a959 100644
--- a/radicle-surf/src/history.rs
+++ b/radicle-surf/src/history.rs
@@ -86,9 +86,12 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for History<'a> {
 
                     // Handles the optional filter_by.
                     if let Some(FilterBy::File { path }) = &self.filter_by {
-                        let path_opt = self.repo.diff_commit_and_parents(path, &commit)?;
-                        if path_opt.is_none() {
-                            return Ok(None); // Filter out this commit.
+                        // Only check the commit diff if the path is not empty.
+                        if !path.as_os_str().is_empty() {
+                            let path_opt = self.repo.diff_commit_and_parents(path, &commit)?;
+                            if path_opt.is_none() {
+                                return Ok(None); // Filter out this commit.
+                            }
                         }
                     }
 
diff --git a/radicle-surf/t/src/source.rs b/radicle-surf/t/src/source.rs
index 56cecdf..a658ede 100644
--- a/radicle-surf/t/src/source.rs
+++ b/radicle-surf/t/src/source.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use git_ref_format::refname;
-use radicle_surf::{Glob, Repository};
+use radicle_surf::{Branch, Glob, Repository};
 use serde_json::json;
 
 const GIT_PLATINUM: &str = "../data/git-platinum";
@@ -80,6 +80,20 @@ fn tree_serialization() {
     assert_eq!(serde_json::to_value(tree).unwrap(), expected)
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn repo_tree_empty_branch() {
+    let repo = Repository::open(GIT_PLATINUM).unwrap();
+    let rev = Branch::local(refname!("empty-branch"));
+    let tree = repo.tree(rev, &"").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(tree.entries().len(), 0);
+
+    // Verify the last commit is the empty commit.
+    assert_eq!(
+        tree.commit().id.to_string(),
+        "e972683fe8136bf8a5cb2378cf50303554008049"
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn repo_tree() {
     let repo = Repository::open(GIT_PLATINUM).unwrap();
@@ -182,18 +196,23 @@ fn commit_branches() {
     let glob = Glob::all_heads().branches().and(Glob::all_remotes());
     let branches = repo.revision_branches(init_commit, glob).unwrap();
 
-    assert_eq!(branches.len(), 7);
+    assert_eq!(branches.len(), 9);
     assert_eq!(branches[0].refname().as_str(), "refs/heads/dev");
-    assert_eq!(branches[1].refname().as_str(), "refs/heads/master");
+    assert_eq!(branches[1].refname().as_str(), "refs/heads/empty-branch");
+    assert_eq!(branches[2].refname().as_str(), "refs/heads/master");
     assert_eq!(
-        branches[2].refname().as_str(),
+        branches[3].refname().as_str(),
         "refs/remotes/banana/orange/pineapple"
     );
     assert_eq!(
-        branches[3].refname().as_str(),
+        branches[4].refname().as_str(),
         "refs/remotes/banana/pineapple"
     );
-    assert_eq!(branches[4].refname().as_str(), "refs/remotes/origin/HEAD");
-    assert_eq!(branches[5].refname().as_str(), "refs/remotes/origin/dev");
-    assert_eq!(branches[6].refname().as_str(), "refs/remotes/origin/master");
+    assert_eq!(branches[5].refname().as_str(), "refs/remotes/origin/HEAD");
+    assert_eq!(branches[6].refname().as_str(), "refs/remotes/origin/dev");
+    assert_eq!(
+        branches[7].refname().as_str(),
+        "refs/remotes/origin/empty-branch"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(branches[8].refname().as_str(), "refs/remotes/origin/master");
 }
diff --git a/radicle-surf/t/src/threading.rs b/radicle-surf/t/src/threading.rs
index cf8899f..762b00d 100644
--- a/radicle-surf/t/src/threading.rs
+++ b/radicle-surf/t/src/threading.rs
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ fn basic_test() -> Result<(), Error> {
         branches,
         vec![
             Branch::local(refname!("dev")),
+            Branch::local(refname!("empty-branch")),
             Branch::local(refname!("master")),
             Branch::remote(banana.clone(), refname!("orange/pineapple")),
             Branch::remote(banana, refname!("pineapple")),
             Branch::remote(origin.clone(), refname!("HEAD")),
             Branch::remote(origin.clone(), refname!("dev")),
+            Branch::remote(origin.clone(), refname!("empty-branch")),
             Branch::remote(origin, refname!("master")),
         ]
     );