diff --git a/cmd/bd/autoimport.go b/cmd/bd/autoimport.go
index 729cb933..473abc5b 100644
--- a/cmd/bd/autoimport.go
+++ b/cmd/bd/autoimport.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func checkAndAutoImport(ctx context.Context, store storage.Storage) bool {
 	if err := importFromGit(ctx, dbPath, store, jsonlPath, gitRef); err != nil {
 		if !jsonOutput {
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Warning: auto-import failed: %v\n", err)
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Try manually: git show HEAD:%s | bd import -i /dev/stdin\n", jsonlPath)
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Try manually: git show %s:%s | bd import -i /dev/stdin\n", gitRef, jsonlPath)
 		}
 		return false
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/bd/init.go b/cmd/bd/init.go
index 47e7d5fd..51e9b619 100644
--- a/cmd/bd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/bd/init.go
@@ -1220,9 +1220,7 @@ func readFirstIssueFromGit(jsonlPath, gitRef string) (*types.Issue, error) {
 	}
 
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewReader(output))
-	lineNum := 0
 	for scanner.Scan() {
-		lineNum++
 		line := scanner.Text()
 
 		// skip empty lines