3 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/dev/tools/backport-pr.sh b/dev/tools/backport-pr.sh
index b1d2fd656a..3fdc82b81b 100755
--- a/dev/tools/backport-pr.sh
+++ b/dev/tools/backport-pr.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     esac
 done
 
-REMOTE=$(git config --get "branch.master.remote")
+REMOTE=$(git config --get "branch.master.remote" || true)
 if [ -z "$REMOTE" ]; then
     echo "Branch master has no remote. Using the local state of the master branch instead."
     MASTER=master
diff --git a/dev/tools/generate-release-changelog.sh b/dev/tools/generate-release-changelog.sh
index 5b2d749b66..4533d39adc 100755
--- a/dev/tools/generate-release-changelog.sh
+++ b/dev/tools/generate-release-changelog.sh
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ if ! git diff --quiet; then
     ask_confirmation
 fi
 
-remote=$(git config --get "branch.${branch}.remote")
+remote=$(git config --get "branch.${branch}.remote" || true)
 
 if [ -z "$remote" ]; then
     echo "Warning: branch $branch has no associated remote."
     ask_confirmation
 else
 
-    if [ "$remote" != $(git config --get "branch.master.remote") ]; then
+    if [ "$remote" != $(git config --get "branch.master.remote" || true) ]; then
         echo "Warning: branch master and branch $branch do not have the same remote."
         ask_confirmation
     fi
diff --git a/dev/tools/merge-pr.sh b/dev/tools/merge-pr.sh
index 82e4bd1e1e..7b450c3e53 100755
--- a/dev/tools/merge-pr.sh
+++ b/dev/tools/merge-pr.sh
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ info "PR $PR targets branch $BASE_BRANCH"
 CURRENT_LOCAL_BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 info "you are merging in $CURRENT_LOCAL_BRANCH"
 
-REMOTE=$(git config --get "branch.$CURRENT_LOCAL_BRANCH.remote")
+REMOTE=$(git config --get "branch.$CURRENT_LOCAL_BRANCH.remote" || true)
 if [ -z "$REMOTE" ]; then
   error "branch $CURRENT_LOCAL_BRANCH has not associated remote"
   error "don't know where to fetch the PR from"