1 file changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/custom/extensions/about-render.lua b/custom/extensions/about-render.lua
index 1e59716..d7753a3 100644
--- a/custom/extensions/about-render.lua
+++ b/custom/extensions/about-render.lua
@@ -820,9 +820,27 @@ function filter_write(str)
 end
 
 -- cgit takes filter output through a C string sink that stops at the first
--- NUL byte, so a write holding one loses everything from the NUL on.
+-- NUL byte, so each one becomes U+FFFD, as a browser would show it, and the
+-- text past it survives. A plain find works on Lua 5.1, where a NUL cannot
+-- sit in a pattern.
+local function replace_nul(text)
+	if not text:find("\0", 1, true) then
+		return text
+	end
+	local parts, start = {}, 1
+	while true do
+		local at = text:find("\0", start, true)
+		if not at then
+			parts[#parts + 1] = text:sub(start)
+			return table.concat(parts, "\239\191\189")
+		end
+		parts[#parts + 1] = text:sub(start, at - 1)
+		start = at + 1
+	end
+end
+
 function filter_close()
-	local text = table.concat(chunks)
+	local text = replace_nul(table.concat(chunks))
 	chunks = {}
 	local ext = (filename:match("%.([^.]+)$") or ""):lower()
 	local render = handlers[ext] or render_plaintext