From c7adc9ddba5ab29d53f7eb54e33a62807fa3ae0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryce Kwon <bryce@brycekwon.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:53:18 -1000
Subject: End a long directory chain on its last link

Past fifteen single directories the row stopped after writing the next
separator, which left it ending in a dangling " / ".
---
 source/ui-tree.c    |  3 ++-
 tests/t0104-tree.sh | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/source/ui-tree.c b/source/ui-tree.c
index 51ab9ff..13a9787 100644
--- a/source/ui-tree.c
+++ b/source/ui-tree.c
@@ -262,7 +262,8 @@ static void print_dir_chain(const struct object_id *oid, char *name, char *rev,
 
 		read_tree(the_repository, tree, &paths, only_child_cb, &child);
 
-		if (child.count != 1)
+		// The separator only goes out ahead of a level that will follow.
+		if (child.count != 1 || levels == MAX_DIR_CHAIN_LEVELS)
 			break;
 
 		html(" / ");
diff --git a/tests/t0104-tree.sh b/tests/t0104-tree.sh
index a2ec3c2..e92b2a2 100755
--- a/tests/t0104-tree.sh
+++ b/tests/t0104-tree.sh
@@ -108,4 +108,31 @@ test_expect_success 'only a link target inside the tree is linked' '
 	! grep "href=./links/tree/etc/passwd" tmp
 '
 
+# A row follows a chain of single directories for a set number of levels and
+# stops on the last one it links, with no separator left hanging after it.
+test_expect_success 'a long directory chain ends on a link' '
+	test_create_repo repos/deep &&
+	(
+		cd repos/deep &&
+		p=d1 &&
+		for i in $(test_seq 2 17)
+		do
+			p=$p/d$i || return 1
+		done &&
+		mkdir -p $p &&
+		echo deep >$p/file &&
+		git add . &&
+		git commit -m deep
+	) &&
+	{
+		echo "virtual-root=/" &&
+		echo "cache-size=0" &&
+		echo "repo.url=deep" &&
+		echo "repo.path=$PWD/repos/deep/.git"
+	} >deeprc &&
+	CGIT_CONFIG="$PWD/deeprc" QUERY_STRING="url=deep/tree/" cgit >tmp &&
+	grep ">d15</a></td>" tmp &&
+	! grep " / </td>" tmp
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
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