From f1975896c705a91f8848f28ceb88211e70a724d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryce Kwon <bryce@brycekwon.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:09:18 -1000
Subject: Serve the plain listing as a complete document

---
 source/ui-plain.c | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'source')

diff --git a/source/ui-plain.c b/source/ui-plain.c
index 9ce25b3..ed1ab31 100644
--- a/source/ui-plain.c
+++ b/source/ui-plain.c
@@ -127,9 +127,14 @@ static void print_dir(const struct object_id *oid, const char *base,
 	leading_slash = (fullpath[0] == '/' ? "" : "/");
 	ctx.page.etag = oid_to_hex(oid);
 	cgit_print_http_headers();
-	htmlf("<html><head><title>%s", leading_slash);
+	// The listing is a full document of its own, so it carries the same
+	// doctype and charset as the layout pages or the browser would parse
+	// it in quirks mode.
+	html("<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang='en'>\n<head>\n");
+	html("<meta charset='utf-8'>\n");
+	htmlf("<title>%s", leading_slash);
 	html_txt(fullpath);
-	htmlf("</title></head>\n<body>\n<h2>%s", leading_slash);
+	htmlf("</title>\n</head>\n<body>\n<h2>%s", leading_slash);
 	html_txt(fullpath);
 	html("</h2>\n<ul>\n");
 	len = strlen(fullpath);
@@ -162,7 +167,7 @@ static void print_dir_entry(const struct object_id *oid, const char *base,
 	fullpath = build_path(base, baselen, path);
 	if (!S_ISDIR(mode) && !S_ISGITLINK(mode))
 		fullpath[strlen(fullpath) - 1] = 0;
-	html("  <li>");
+	html("<li>");
 	if (S_ISGITLINK(mode))
 		cgit_submodule_link(NULL, fullpath, oid_to_hex(oid));
 	else
@@ -174,7 +179,7 @@ static void print_dir_entry(const struct object_id *oid, const char *base,
 
 static void print_dir_tail(void)
 {
-	html(" </ul>\n</body></html>\n");
+	html("</ul>\n</body>\n</html>\n");
 }
 
 /*
-- 
cgit 2.12.1