From 73c6f3fe95cc426ceb3e6917d36f07e7cf114d02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryce Kwon <bryce@brycekwon.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:53:19 -1000
Subject: Give a repository without a path no age

The index built its paths from a NULL repo.path, which the C library
prints as "(null)", so it looked for refs under that name in the working
directory.
---
 source/ui-repolist.c      |  6 ++++++
 tests/t0303-robustness.sh | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/source/ui-repolist.c b/source/ui-repolist.c
index 99474c1..24d5479 100644
--- a/source/ui-repolist.c
+++ b/source/ui-repolist.c
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ static int get_repo_modtime(const struct cgit_repo *repo, time_t *mtime)
 		*mtime = repo->mtime;
 		return 1;
 	}
+	// A repository configured without a path has nothing on disk to date.
+	if (!repo->path) {
+		*mtime = 0;
+		writable->mtime = 0;
+		return 0;
+	}
 	strbuf_addf(&path, "%s/%s", repo->path, ctx.cfg.agefile);
 	if (stat(path.buf, &st) == 0) {
 		*mtime = read_agefile(path.buf);
diff --git a/tests/t0303-robustness.sh b/tests/t0303-robustness.sh
index d2bf79f..cbb4cdc 100755
--- a/tests/t0303-robustness.sh
+++ b/tests/t0303-robustness.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ test_expect_success 'a repository without a path answers 404' '
 	done
 '
 
+# The index dates a repository from files under its path, and one without a
+# path has none, whatever sits in the working directory.
+test_expect_success 'a repository without a path has no age on the index' '
+	mkdir -p "(null)/refs/heads" &&
+	>"(null)/refs/heads/master" &&
+	CGIT_CONFIG="$PWD/nopathrc" QUERY_STRING="url=" cgit >tmp &&
+	grep "</html>" tmp &&
+	! grep "<time " tmp
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'a repository with an empty url is skipped with a warning' '
 	{
 		echo "virtual-root=/" &&
-- 
cgit