From 73c6f3fe95cc426ceb3e6917d36f07e7cf114d02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryce Kwon <bryce@brycekwon.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:53:19 -1000
Subject: Give a repository without a path no age

The index built its paths from a NULL repo.path, which the C library
prints as "(null)", so it looked for refs under that name in the working
directory.
---
 tests/t0303-robustness.sh | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

(limited to 'tests')

diff --git a/tests/t0303-robustness.sh b/tests/t0303-robustness.sh
index d2bf79f..cbb4cdc 100755
--- a/tests/t0303-robustness.sh
+++ b/tests/t0303-robustness.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ test_expect_success 'a repository without a path answers 404' '
 	done
 '
 
+# The index dates a repository from files under its path, and one without a
+# path has none, whatever sits in the working directory.
+test_expect_success 'a repository without a path has no age on the index' '
+	mkdir -p "(null)/refs/heads" &&
+	>"(null)/refs/heads/master" &&
+	CGIT_CONFIG="$PWD/nopathrc" QUERY_STRING="url=" cgit >tmp &&
+	grep "</html>" tmp &&
+	! grep "<time " tmp
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'a repository with an empty url is skipped with a warning' '
 	{
 		echo "virtual-root=/" &&
-- 
cgit