From 76ca263e2aa2a3e478ed2a8ef0dbcdcd1b986046 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryce Kwon <bryce@brycekwon.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:33:12 -1000
Subject: Date repositories from HEAD and guard its branch

The index derived a repository's age from `refs/heads/master` alone,
so a repository on any other default branch showed no age. HEAD is
repo-controlled and the age stat walks under `refs/heads`, so a branch
name carrying a parent-directory component is rejected.
---
 source/ui-repolist.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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

diff --git a/source/ui-repolist.c b/source/ui-repolist.c
index 5174c5a..fc198e5 100644
--- a/source/ui-repolist.c
+++ b/source/ui-repolist.c
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ static time_t read_agefile(const char *path)
 static int get_repo_modtime(const struct cgit_repo *repo, time_t *mtime)
 {
 	struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct strbuf head = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct stat s;
 	struct cgit_repo *r = (struct cgit_repo *)repo;
+	const char *branch;
 
 	if (repo->mtime != -1) {
 		*mtime = repo->mtime;
@@ -51,9 +53,31 @@ static int get_repo_modtime(const struct cgit_repo *repo, time_t *mtime)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* Stat the tip of the default branch. Prefer a configured defbranch,
+	 * otherwise read HEAD so a repo on "main" (or any branch name) is
+	 * handled, not only "master".
+	 */
+	branch = repo->defbranch;
+	if (!branch) {
+		strbuf_reset(&path);
+		strbuf_addf(&path, "%s/HEAD", repo->path);
+		if (strbuf_read_file(&head, path.buf, 0) > 0) {
+			strbuf_rtrim(&head);
+			if (!skip_prefix(head.buf, "ref: refs/heads/", &branch))
+				branch = NULL;
+			/* HEAD is repo-controlled, so a crafted target such as
+			 * "ref: refs/heads/../../.." must not let the stat()
+			 * below walk outside the repository. Git forbids ".."
+			 * in ref names anyway. */
+			if (branch && strstr(branch, ".."))
+				branch = NULL;
+		}
+		if (!branch)
+			branch = "master";
+	}
+
 	strbuf_reset(&path);
-	strbuf_addf(&path, "%s/refs/heads/%s", repo->path,
-		    repo->defbranch ? repo->defbranch : "master");
+	strbuf_addf(&path, "%s/refs/heads/%s", repo->path, branch);
 	if (stat(path.buf, &s) == 0) {
 		*mtime = s.st_mtime;
 		r->mtime = *mtime;
@@ -72,6 +96,7 @@ static int get_repo_modtime(const struct cgit_repo *repo, time_t *mtime)
 	r->mtime = *mtime;
 end:
 	strbuf_release(&path);
+	strbuf_release(&head);
 	return (r->mtime != 0);
 }
 
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