diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 15d22fd..4d98e0f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+12.0.1 (TBD)
+============
+ripgrep 12.0.1 is a small patch release that includes a couple minor bug fixes.
+These bug fixes address regressions introduced in the 12.0.0 release.
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* [BUG #1520](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/1520):
+  Don't emit spurious error messages in git repositories with submodules.
+
+
 12.0.0 (2020-03-15)
 ===================
 ripgrep 12 is a new major version release of ripgrep that contains many bug
diff --git a/crates/ignore/src/dir.rs b/crates/ignore/src/dir.rs
index 83a1faf..fbce80d 100644
--- a/crates/ignore/src/dir.rs
+++ b/crates/ignore/src/dir.rs
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ impl Ignore {
             git_global_matcher: self.0.git_global_matcher.clone(),
             git_ignore_matcher: gi_matcher,
             git_exclude_matcher: gi_exclude_matcher,
-            has_git: has_git,
+            has_git,
             opts: self.0.opts,
         };
         (ig, errs.into_error_option())
@@ -817,9 +817,7 @@ fn resolve_git_commondir(
     let git_commondir_file = || real_git_dir.join("commondir");
     let file = match File::open(git_commondir_file()) {
         Ok(file) => io::BufReader::new(file),
-        Err(err) => {
-            return Err(Some(Error::Io(err).with_path(git_commondir_file())));
-        }
+        Err(_) => return Err(None),
     };
     let commondir_line = match file.lines().next() {
         Some(Ok(line)) => line,