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/ui-shared.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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

diff --git a/source/ui-shared.c b/source/ui-shared.c
index d023243..e53d1e5 100644
--- a/source/ui-shared.c
+++ b/source/ui-shared.c
@@ -1086,7 +1086,9 @@ static void print_header(void)
 		html_txt(ctx.cfg.root_title);
 	html("</h1>\n");
 
-	if (ctx.repo && ctx.env.authenticated) {
+	// A repository with no commits has no branches to list, so the
+	// switcher would be an empty select next to a switch button.
+	if (ctx.repo && ctx.env.authenticated && !ctx.empty_repo) {
 		html("<form class='branch-switch' method='get'>\n");
 		cgit_add_hidden_formfields(0, 1, ctx.qry.page);
 		html("<select name='h' aria-label='Branch' data-autosubmit='1'>\n");
@@ -1127,7 +1129,15 @@ void cgit_print_pageheader(void)
 
 	if (ctx.env.authenticated)
 		html("<nav class='tabs'>\n");
-	if (ctx.env.authenticated && ctx.repo) {
+	if (ctx.env.authenticated && ctx.repo && ctx.empty_repo) {
+		// Every other tab needs a commit to render, and the search form
+		// has nothing to search, so a repository with no commits gets
+		// summary alone rather than a row of links to the same notice.
+		html("<ul>\n<li>");
+		cgit_summary_link("summary", "Repository summary", hc("summary"),
+				  ctx.qry.head);
+		html("</li>\n</ul>\n");
+	} else if (ctx.env.authenticated && ctx.repo) {
 		const char *vp = ctx.qry.vpath;
 		html("<ul>\n");
 		if (ctx.repo->readme.nr) {
-- 
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