From 32f601608f1ceaf36c991b3b92f8702993bf2c8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryce Kwon <bryce@brycekwon.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 23:00:16 -1000
Subject: Date an empty atom feed at the epoch

---
 source/ui-atom.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'source/ui-atom.c')

diff --git a/source/ui-atom.c b/source/ui-atom.c
index bc13367..6eaa055 100644
--- a/source/ui-atom.c
+++ b/source/ui-atom.c
@@ -277,9 +277,10 @@ void cgit_print_atom(char *tip, const char *path, int max_count)
 	}
 	if (need_updated) {
 		// Atom makes a feed level updated mandatory, and an empty feed
-		// has no commit to take one from.
+		// has no commit to take one from, so the epoch stands in and
+		// keeps the feed byte for byte stable.
 		html("<updated>");
-		xml_txt(feed_date(time(NULL)));
+		xml_txt(feed_date(0));
 		html("</updated>\n");
 	}
 	html("</feed>\n");
-- 
cgit 2.12.1