Keep line structure in plaintext readmes

1 file changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletion

diff --git a/source/ui-summary.c b/source/ui-summary.c
index b5a6a22..8dd191b 100644
--- a/source/ui-summary.c
+++ b/source/ui-summary.c
@@ -167,8 +167,10 @@ void cgit_print_repo_readme(const char *path)
 		/* No about-filter is configured, so there is nothing to turn
 		 * the readme source into safe HTML. Escape it rather than serve
 		 * repo content raw, which would let an untrusted repository
-		 * inject script into the about page.
+		 * inject script into the about page. The pre keeps the line
+		 * structure of the text, which bare escaped output loses.
 		 */
+		html("<pre class='plaintext'>");
 		if (ref) {
 			cgit_print_file(filename, ref, 1, 1);
 		} else {
@@ -177,6 +179,7 @@ void cgit_print_repo_readme(const char *path)
 				html_txt(sb.buf);
 			strbuf_release(&sb);
 		}
+		html("</pre>");
 	} else {
 		/* An about-filter is configured and is responsible for turning
 		 * the source into safe HTML, so pass it through the filter raw.