diff --git a/src/main/groovy/nebula/plugin/release/git/command/GitReadCommand.groovy b/src/main/groovy/nebula/plugin/release/git/command/GitReadCommand.groovy
index 3fbcf87..7289fb4 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/nebula/plugin/release/git/command/GitReadCommand.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/nebula/plugin/release/git/command/GitReadCommand.groovy
@@ -157,11 +157,11 @@ abstract class CommitFromTag extends GitReadCommand {
 /**
  * Uses to determine if a given repo has any commit
  */
-abstract class DescribeTags extends GitReadCommand {
+abstract class AnyCommit extends GitReadCommand {
     @Override
     String obtain() {
         try {
-            return executeGitCommand(   "describe", "--tags", "--always")
+            return executeGitCommand(   "rev-list", "-n", "1", "--all")
                     .replaceAll("\n", "").trim()
         } catch (Exception e) {
             return null
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/nebula/plugin/release/git/command/GitReadOnlyCommandUtil.groovy b/src/main/groovy/nebula/plugin/release/git/command/GitReadOnlyCommandUtil.groovy
index 96db91d..d82d903 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/nebula/plugin/release/git/command/GitReadOnlyCommandUtil.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/nebula/plugin/release/git/command/GitReadOnlyCommandUtil.groovy
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class GitReadOnlyCommandUtil implements Serializable {
     private Provider emailFromLogProvider
     private Provider currentBranchProvider
     private Provider isGitRepoProvider
-    private Provider describeTagsProvider
+    private Provider anyCommitProvider
     private Provider revParseHeadProvider
     private Provider headTagsProvider
     private Provider refTagsProvider
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class GitReadOnlyCommandUtil implements Serializable {
         isGitRepoProvider = providers.of(IsGitRepo.class) {
             it.parameters.rootDir.set(rootDir)
         }
-        describeTagsProvider = providers.of(DescribeTags.class) {
+        anyCommitProvider = providers.of(AnyCommit.class) {
             it.parameters.rootDir.set(rootDir)
         }
         revParseHeadProvider = providers.of(RevParseHead.class) {
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ class GitReadOnlyCommandUtil implements Serializable {
 
     Boolean hasCommit() {
         try {
-            String describe = describeTagsProvider.get().toString()
-            return describe != null && !describe.contains("fatal:")
+            String describe = anyCommitProvider.get().toString()
+            return describe != null && !describe.empty && !describe.contains("fatal:")
         } catch (Exception e) {
             return false
         }