diff --git a/src/git.js b/src/git.js
index e7c0cdf1..1911bd99 100644
--- a/src/git.js
+++ b/src/git.js
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ class Git {
 		// split diff into separate entries for separate files. \ndiff --git should be a reliable way to detect the separation, as content of files is always indented
 		return `\n${ string }`.split('\ndiff --git').slice(1).reduce((resultDict, fileDiff) => {
 			const lines = fileDiff.split('\n')
+			if (lines.length === 0) return resultDict; // ignore binary files
+
 			const lastHeaderLineIndex = lines.findIndex((line) => line.startsWith('+++'))
 			const plainDiff = lines.slice(lastHeaderLineIndex + 1).join('\n').trim()
 			let filePath = ''