2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source/ui-repolist.c b/source/ui-repolist.c
index 1c081c7..99474c1 100644
--- a/source/ui-repolist.c
+++ b/source/ui-repolist.c
@@ -115,6 +115,16 @@ static int get_repo_modtime(const struct cgit_repo *repo, time_t *mtime)
 		goto end;
 	}
 
+	// A reftable repository has neither file, but rewrites this list on
+	// every ref update.
+	strbuf_reset(&path);
+	strbuf_addf(&path, "%s/reftable/tables.list", repo->path);
+	if (stat(path.buf, &st) == 0) {
+		*mtime = st.st_mtime;
+		writable->mtime = *mtime;
+		goto end;
+	}
+
 	*mtime = 0;
 	writable->mtime = *mtime;
 end:
diff --git a/tests/t0303-robustness.sh b/tests/t0303-robustness.sh
index 14bdca7..848b03a 100755
--- a/tests/t0303-robustness.sh
+++ b/tests/t0303-robustness.sh
@@ -616,6 +616,11 @@ test_expect_success 'the dumb transport answers HEAD from the refs' '
 	test_cmp expect head
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'a reftable repository shows its age on the index' '
+	CGIT_CONFIG="$PWD/rtrc" QUERY_STRING="url=" cgit >tmp &&
+	grep "<td class=.col-idle.><time " tmp
+'
+
 # A client that goes away mid-page leaves nobody to send an error page to,
 # so the request ends quietly instead of dying twice into the log. The page
 # has to outgrow the pipe for the write after the reader has gone to fail.