1 file changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/source/ui-summary.c b/source/ui-summary.c
index 44abc6b..005263a 100644
--- a/source/ui-summary.c
+++ b/source/ui-summary.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ void cgit_print_summary(void)
 void cgit_print_repo_readme(void)
 {
 	char *filename, *ref;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	cgit_print_layout_start();
 	filename = ctx.repo->readme.items[0].string;
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ void cgit_print_repo_readme(void)
 		// into safe HTML, so it is escaped rather than served raw.
 		html("<pre class='plaintext'>");
 		if (ref) {
-			cgit_print_file(filename, ref, 1, 1);
+			err = cgit_print_file(filename, ref, 1, 1);
 		} else {
 			struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
 			if (strbuf_read_file(&sb, filename, 0) >= 0)
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ void cgit_print_repo_readme(void)
 		// through unescaped.
 		cgit_open_filter(ctx.repo->about_filter, filename, tree_base.buf, tree_query.buf);
 		if (ref)
-			cgit_print_file(filename, ref, 1, 0);
+			err = cgit_print_file(filename, ref, 1, 0);
 		else
 			html_include(filename);
 		cgit_close_filter(ctx.repo->about_filter);
@@ -109,5 +110,10 @@ void cgit_print_repo_readme(void)
 		strbuf_release(&tree_query);
 	}
 	html("</div>");
+	// A readme past max-blob-size is never read, which would otherwise
+	// leave the about page with nothing on it.
+	if (err == -2)
+		cgit_print_error_page(413, "Content Too Large", "The readme is larger than max-blob-size (%d KB)",
+			ctx.cfg.max_blob_size);
 	cgit_print_layout_end();
 }