From 804b5b6172f1f8cda1c118c30cc257299bda8ee6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryce Kwon <bryce@brycekwon.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2026 09:47:00 -1000
Subject: Give empty repositories their own page

---
 source/cgit.c | 25 +++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

(limited to 'source/cgit.c')

diff --git a/source/cgit.c b/source/cgit.c
index 412d5f3..1ab77a4 100644
--- a/source/cgit.c
+++ b/source/cgit.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "ui-shared.h"
 #include "ui-stats.h"
 #include "ui-blob.h"
+#include "ui-empty.h"
 #include "ui-summary.h"
 #include "scan-tree.h"
 
@@ -603,17 +604,6 @@ static void choose_readme(struct cgit_repo *repo)
 		string_list_append(&repo->readme, filename)->util = ref;
 }
 
-static void print_no_repo_clone_urls(const char *url)
-{
-        html("<tr><td><a rel='vcs-git' href='");
-        html_url_path(url);
-        html("' title='");
-        html_attr(ctx.repo->name);
-        html(" Git repository'>");
-        html_txt(url);
-        html("</a></td></tr>\n");
-}
-
 static void prepare_repo_env(int *nongit)
 {
 	/* The path to the git repository. */
@@ -656,16 +646,15 @@ static int prepare_repo_cmd(int nongit)
 	}
 
 	if (!ctx.qry.head) {
+		ctx.empty_repo = 1;
+		// Before the document starts, since the <head> carries
+		// <link rel='vcs-git'> and those clone urls expand macros such
+		// as $CGIT_REPO_URL out of this environment.
+		cgit_prepare_repo_env(ctx.repo);
 		cgit_print_http_headers();
 		cgit_print_docstart();
 		cgit_print_pageheader();
-		cgit_print_error("Repository seems to be empty");
-		if (!strcmp(ctx.qry.page, "summary")) {
-			html("<table class='list'><tr class='nohover'><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr class='nohover'><th class='left'>Clone</th></tr>\n");
-			cgit_prepare_repo_env(ctx.repo);
-			cgit_add_clone_urls(print_no_repo_clone_urls);
-			html("</table>\n");
-		}
+		cgit_print_empty_repo();
 		cgit_print_docend();
 		return 1;
 	}
-- 
cgit v2.8.0