diff --git a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
--- a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@
     'DifferentialTabReplacementTestCase' => 'applications/differential/parser/__tests__/DifferentialTabReplacementTestCase.php',
     'DifferentialTagsCommitMessageField' => 'applications/differential/field/DifferentialTagsCommitMessageField.php',
     'DifferentialTasksCommitMessageField' => 'applications/differential/field/DifferentialTasksCommitMessageField.php',
+    'DifferentialTestCommitMessageField' => 'applications/differential/field/DifferentialTestCommitMessageField.php',
     'DifferentialTestPlanCommitMessageField' => 'applications/differential/field/DifferentialTestPlanCommitMessageField.php',
     'DifferentialTestPlanField' => 'applications/differential/customfield/DifferentialTestPlanField.php',
     'DifferentialTitleCommitMessageField' => 'applications/differential/field/DifferentialTitleCommitMessageField.php',
@@ -6756,6 +6757,7 @@
     'DifferentialTabReplacementTestCase' => 'PhabricatorTestCase',
     'DifferentialTagsCommitMessageField' => 'DifferentialCommitMessageField',
     'DifferentialTasksCommitMessageField' => 'DifferentialCommitMessageField',
+    'DifferentialTestCommitMessageField' => 'DifferentialCommitMessageField',
     'DifferentialTestPlanCommitMessageField' => 'DifferentialCommitMessageField',
     'DifferentialTestPlanField' => 'DifferentialCoreCustomField',
     'DifferentialTitleCommitMessageField' => 'DifferentialCommitMessageField',
diff --git a/src/applications/differential/field/DifferentialCommitMessageField.php b/src/applications/differential/field/DifferentialCommitMessageField.php
--- a/src/applications/differential/field/DifferentialCommitMessageField.php
+++ b/src/applications/differential/field/DifferentialCommitMessageField.php
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@
   }
 
   public function renderFieldValue($value) {
-    if (!strlen($value)) {
+
+    if (!phutil_nonempty_string($value)) {
       return null;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/applications/differential/field/DifferentialTestCommitMessageField.php b/src/applications/differential/field/DifferentialTestCommitMessageField.php
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/differential/field/DifferentialTestCommitMessageField.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This class should only be used for unit tests
+ */
+final class DifferentialTestCommitMessageField
+  extends DifferentialCommitMessageField {
+  public function getFieldName() { return 'Test'; }
+  public function getFieldOrder() { return 1; }
+}
diff --git a/src/applications/differential/field/__tests__/DifferentialCommitMessageFieldTestCase.php b/src/applications/differential/field/__tests__/DifferentialCommitMessageFieldTestCase.php
--- a/src/applications/differential/field/__tests__/DifferentialCommitMessageFieldTestCase.php
+++ b/src/applications/differential/field/__tests__/DifferentialCommitMessageFieldTestCase.php
@@ -28,4 +28,16 @@
     unset($env);
   }
 
+  public function testRenderFieldValue() {
+    $test_object = new DifferentialTestCommitMessageField();
+    $this->assertEqual('foo', $test_object->renderFieldValue('foo'),
+      'Normal strings should be rendered unaltered');
+
+    $this->assertEqual(null, $test_object->renderFieldValue(''),
+      'Empty strings should be returned as null');
+
+    $this->assertEqual(null, $test_object->renderFieldValue(null),
+      'null values strings should be returned as null');
+  }
+
 }