1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/dgit b/dgit
index 8a54610..d5aa387 100755
--- a/dgit
+++ b/dgit
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ sub protocol_send_file ($$) {
 
 sub protocol_read_bytes ($$) {
     my ($fh, $nbytes) = @_;
-    $nbytes =~ m/^[1-9]\d{0,5}$/ or badproto \*RO, "bad byte count";
+    $nbytes =~ m/^[1-9]\d{0,5}$|^0$/ or badproto \*RO, "bad byte count";
     my $d;
     my $got = read $fh, $d, $nbytes;
     $got==$nbytes or badproto_badread $fh, "data block";