diff --git a/sunrise-commit b/sunrise-commit
index 9915800..f586cee 100755
--- a/sunrise-commit
+++ b/sunrise-commit
@@ -362,12 +362,16 @@ main() {
 				# Creating a new ChangeLog? Let's take a look at the commit message.
 				if [ ! -f ChangeLog ]; then
 					[ -n "${trivial}" ] && die "Trivial change for an initial commit? You're joking, right?"
-					[ -z "${bns}" ] && die 'Please supply the bug number in the initial commit message!'
-					if [ ! -f metadata.xml ]; then
-						req cp ../../skel.metadata.xml metadata.xml
-						# Output similar to echangelog.
-						diff -dup /dev/null metadata.xml
-						req vcs_add metadata.xml
+
+					# Sunrise-specific checks.
+					if [ "$(cat ../../profiles/repo_name 2>/dev/null)" = "sunrise" ]; then
+						[ -z "${bns}" ] && die 'Please supply the bug number in the initial commit message!'
+						if [ ! -f metadata.xml ]; then
+							req cp ../../skel.metadata.xml metadata.xml
+							# Output similar to echangelog.
+							diff -dup /dev/null metadata.xml
+							req vcs_add metadata.xml
+						fi
 					fi
 				fi