diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/git.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/git.rb
index a7ae6cfd..f6f03d57 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/git.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/git.rb
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ def latest_revision
   def get_revision(rev = 'HEAD')
     unless @resource.value(:source)
       status = at_path { git_with_identity('status') }
-      is_it_new = status =~ %r{Initial commit}
+      is_it_new = status =~ %r{Initial commit|No commits yet}
       if is_it_new
         status =~ %r{On branch (.*)}
         branch = Regexp.last_match(1)
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index acddbc19..c1fe608f 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@
       "operatingsystem": "Ubuntu",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
         "14.04",
-        "16.04"
+        "16.04",
+        "18.04"
       ]
     }
   ],