1 file changed, 1 insertion, 14 deletions
diff --git a/source/scan-tree.c b/source/scan-tree.c
index 6c1f854..87dd10c 100644
--- a/source/scan-tree.c
+++ b/source/scan-tree.c
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@
 #include "scan-tree.h"
 #include "shared.h"
 
-// Git writes this line into the description file of every repository it
-// creates, so a repository still carrying it gets cgit's own default instead.
-static const char *default_git_desc =
-	"Unnamed repository; edit this file 'description' to name the repository.";
-
 // The config callbacks are handed only a name and a value, so the repository
 // being filled in waits here for the length of one add_repo call.
 static struct cgit_repo *current_repo;
@@ -242,15 +237,7 @@ static void add_repo(const char *base, struct strbuf *path)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (current_repo->desc == cgit_default_repo_desc) {
-		strbuf_addstr(path, "description");
-		cgit_read_first_line(path->buf, &current_repo->desc);
-		strbuf_setlen(path, pathlen);
-		if (current_repo->desc && !strcmp(current_repo->desc, default_git_desc)) {
-			free(current_repo->desc);
-			current_repo->desc = cgit_default_repo_desc;
-		}
-	}
+	cgit_read_repo_desc(current_repo);
 
 	if (ctx.cfg.section_from_path)
 		set_section_from_path(&relpath, ctx.cfg.section_from_path);