Add a meta description to the page head

1 file changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/source/ui-shared.c b/source/ui-shared.c
index e8eaf4f..cd822a0 100644
--- a/source/ui-shared.c
+++ b/source/ui-shared.c
@@ -1454,6 +1454,18 @@ void cgit_print_docstart(void)
 	if (ctx.env.authenticated && (pinned = pinned_oid()))
 		html_txtf(" @ %.*s", SHORT_HASH_LEN, oid_to_hex(pinned));
 	html("</title>\n");
+	// The placeholder a scanned repository carries instead of a description
+	// is left out, since it describes nothing.
+	if (ctx.repo && ctx.repo->desc && *ctx.repo->desc &&
+	    ctx.repo->desc != cgit_default_repo_desc) {
+		html("<meta name='description' content='");
+		html_attr(ctx.repo->desc);
+		html("'>\n");
+	} else if (!ctx.repo && ctx.cfg.root_desc && *ctx.cfg.root_desc) {
+		html("<meta name='description' content='");
+		html_attr(ctx.cfg.root_desc);
+		html("'>\n");
+	}
 	htmlf("<meta name='generator' content='cgit %s'>\n", cgit_version);
 	if (ctx.cfg.robots && *ctx.cfg.robots) {
 		html("<meta name='robots' content='");