1 file changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source/shared.c b/source/shared.c
index 1cfe4b0..c189b11 100644
--- a/source/shared.c
+++ b/source/shared.c
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
 
 #define MAX_FIRST_LINE_READ (1024 * 64)
 
+// 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.";
+
 struct cgit_repolist cgit_repolist;
 struct cgit_context ctx;
 char cgit_default_repo_desc[] = "[no description]";
@@ -325,6 +330,22 @@ char *cgit_strdup_first_line(const char *text)
 	return line;
 }
 
+void cgit_read_repo_desc(struct cgit_repo *repo)
+{
+	struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
+	char *desc = NULL;
+
+	if (repo->desc != cgit_default_repo_desc || !repo->path || repo->desc_read)
+		return;
+	repo->desc_read = 1;
+	strbuf_addf(&path, "%s/description", repo->path);
+	if (!cgit_read_first_line(path.buf, &desc) && strcmp(desc, default_git_desc))
+		repo->desc = desc;
+	else
+		free(desc);
+	strbuf_release(&path);
+}
+
 /*
  * The lead-byte ranges fold in the overlong, surrogate and out-of-range
  * cases, so 0 is the only error signal a caller needs.