Add support for "readme" option

The value of this option is used as the default value for repo.readme.

Signed-off-by: Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>

6 files changed, 39 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/cgit.c b/cgit.c
index d6146e2..04cef23 100644
--- a/cgit.c
+++ b/cgit.c
@@ -27,121 +27,119 @@ void add_mimetype(const char *name, const char *value)
 }
 
 struct cgit_filter *new_filter(const char *cmd, int extra_args)
 {
 	struct cgit_filter *f;
 
 	if (!cmd || !cmd[0])
 		return NULL;
 
 	f = xmalloc(sizeof(struct cgit_filter));
 	f->cmd = xstrdup(cmd);
 	f->argv = xmalloc((2 + extra_args) * sizeof(char *));
 	f->argv[0] = f->cmd;
 	f->argv[1] = NULL;
 	return f;
 }
 
 static void process_cached_repolist(const char *path);
 
 void repo_config(struct cgit_repo *repo, const char *name, const char *value)
 {
 	if (!strcmp(name, "name"))
 		repo->name = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "clone-url"))
 		repo->clone_url = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "desc"))
 		repo->desc = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "owner"))
 		repo->owner = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "defbranch"))
 		repo->defbranch = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "snapshots"))
 		repo->snapshots = ctx.cfg.snapshots & cgit_parse_snapshots_mask(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "enable-log-filecount"))
 		repo->enable_log_filecount = ctx.cfg.enable_log_filecount * atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "enable-log-linecount"))
 		repo->enable_log_linecount = ctx.cfg.enable_log_linecount * atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "enable-remote-branches"))
 		repo->enable_remote_branches = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "enable-subject-links"))
 		repo->enable_subject_links = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "max-stats"))
 		repo->max_stats = cgit_find_stats_period(value, NULL);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "module-link"))
 		repo->module_link= xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "section"))
 		repo->section = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "readme") && value != NULL) {
-		char *colon;
-		if (*value == '/' || ((colon = strchr(value, ':')) != NULL && colon != value && *(colon + 1) != '\0'))
 			repo->readme = xstrdup(value);
-		else
-			repo->readme = xstrdup(fmt("%s/%s", repo->path, value));
 	} else if (ctx.cfg.enable_filter_overrides) {
 		if (!strcmp(name, "about-filter"))
 			repo->about_filter = new_filter(value, 0);
 		else if (!strcmp(name, "commit-filter"))
 			repo->commit_filter = new_filter(value, 0);
 		else if (!strcmp(name, "source-filter"))
 			repo->source_filter = new_filter(value, 1);
 	}
 }
 
 void config_cb(const char *name, const char *value)
 {
 	if (!strcmp(name, "section") || !strcmp(name, "repo.group"))
 		ctx.cfg.section = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "repo.url"))
 		ctx.repo = cgit_add_repo(value);
 	else if (ctx.repo && !strcmp(name, "repo.path"))
 		ctx.repo->path = trim_end(value, '/');
 	else if (ctx.repo && !prefixcmp(name, "repo."))
 		repo_config(ctx.repo, name + 5, value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "readme"))
+		ctx.cfg.readme = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "root-title"))
 		ctx.cfg.root_title = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "root-desc"))
 		ctx.cfg.root_desc = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "root-readme"))
 		ctx.cfg.root_readme = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "css"))
 		ctx.cfg.css = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "favicon"))
 		ctx.cfg.favicon = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "footer"))
 		ctx.cfg.footer = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "head-include"))
 		ctx.cfg.head_include = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "header"))
 		ctx.cfg.header = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "logo"))
 		ctx.cfg.logo = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "index-header"))
 		ctx.cfg.index_header = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "index-info"))
 		ctx.cfg.index_info = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "logo-link"))
 		ctx.cfg.logo_link = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "module-link"))
 		ctx.cfg.module_link = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "virtual-root")) {
 		ctx.cfg.virtual_root = trim_end(value, '/');
 		if (!ctx.cfg.virtual_root && (!strcmp(value, "/")))
 			ctx.cfg.virtual_root = "";
 	} else if (!strcmp(name, "nocache"))
 		ctx.cfg.nocache = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "noplainemail"))
 		ctx.cfg.noplainemail = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "noheader"))
 		ctx.cfg.noheader = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "snapshots"))
 		ctx.cfg.snapshots = cgit_parse_snapshots_mask(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "enable-filter-overrides"))
 		ctx.cfg.enable_filter_overrides = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "enable-gitweb-owner"))
 		ctx.cfg.enable_gitweb_owner = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "enable-index-links"))
 		ctx.cfg.enable_index_links = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "enable-log-filecount"))
 		ctx.cfg.enable_log_filecount = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "enable-log-linecount"))
 		ctx.cfg.enable_log_linecount = atoi(value);
diff --git a/cgit.h b/cgit.h
index 4090cd4..72fb1c7 100644
--- a/cgit.h
+++ b/cgit.h
@@ -123,96 +123,97 @@ struct refinfo {
 struct reflist {
 	struct refinfo **refs;
 	int alloc;
 	int count;
 };
 
 struct cgit_query {
 	int has_symref;
 	int has_sha1;
 	char *raw;
 	char *repo;
 	char *page;
 	char *search;
 	char *grep;
 	char *head;
 	char *sha1;
 	char *sha2;
 	char *path;
 	char *name;
 	char *mimetype;
 	char *url;
 	char *period;
 	int   ofs;
 	int nohead;
 	char *sort;
 	int showmsg;
 	int ssdiff;
 	int show_all;
 	int context;
 	int ignorews;
 	char *vpath;
 };
 
 struct cgit_config {
 	char *agefile;
 	char *cache_root;
 	char *clone_prefix;
 	char *css;
 	char *favicon;
 	char *footer;
 	char *head_include;
 	char *header;
 	char *index_header;
 	char *index_info;
 	char *logo;
 	char *logo_link;
 	char *module_link;
 	char *project_list;
+	char *readme;
 	char *robots;
 	char *root_title;
 	char *root_desc;
 	char *root_readme;
 	char *script_name;
 	char *section;
 	char *virtual_root;
 	int cache_size;
 	int cache_dynamic_ttl;
 	int cache_max_create_time;
 	int cache_repo_ttl;
 	int cache_root_ttl;
 	int cache_scanrc_ttl;
 	int cache_static_ttl;
 	int embedded;
 	int enable_filter_overrides;
 	int enable_gitweb_owner;
 	int enable_index_links;
 	int enable_log_filecount;
 	int enable_log_linecount;
 	int enable_remote_branches;
 	int enable_subject_links;
 	int enable_tree_linenumbers;
 	int local_time;
 	int max_atom_items;
 	int max_repo_count;
 	int max_commit_count;
 	int max_lock_attempts;
 	int max_msg_len;
 	int max_repodesc_len;
 	int max_blob_size;
 	int max_stats;
 	int nocache;
 	int noplainemail;
 	int noheader;
 	int renamelimit;
 	int remove_suffix;
 	int snapshots;
 	int summary_branches;
 	int summary_log;
 	int summary_tags;
 	int ssdiff;
 	struct string_list mimetypes;
 	struct cgit_filter *about_filter;
 	struct cgit_filter *commit_filter;
 	struct cgit_filter *source_filter;
 };
 
diff --git a/cgitrc.5.txt b/cgitrc.5.txt
index c643fae..187031a 100644
--- a/cgitrc.5.txt
+++ b/cgitrc.5.txt
@@ -189,96 +189,100 @@ max-message-length::
 	Specifies the maximum number of commit message characters to display in
 	"log" view. Default value: "80".
 
 max-repo-count::
 	Specifies the number of entries to list per page on the	repository
 	index page. Default value: "50".
 
 max-repodesc-length::
 	Specifies the maximum number of repo description characters to display
 	on the repository index page. Default value: "80".
 
 max-blob-size::
 	Specifies the maximum size of a blob to display HTML for in KBytes.
 	Default value: "0" (limit disabled).
 
 max-stats::
 	Set the default maximum statistics period. Valid values are "week",
 	"month", "quarter" and "year". If unspecified, statistics are
 	disabled. Default value: none. See also: "repo.max-stats".
 
 mimetype.<ext>::
 	Set the mimetype for the specified filename extension. This is used
 	by the `plain` command when returning blob content.
 
 module-link::
 	Text which will be used as the formatstring for a hyperlink when a
 	submodule is printed in a directory listing. The arguments for the
 	formatstring are the path and SHA1 of the submodule commit. Default
 	value: "./?repo=%s&page=commit&id=%s"
 
 nocache::
 	If set to the value "1" caching will be disabled. This settings is
 	deprecated, and will not be honored starting with cgit-1.0. Default
 	value: "0".
 
 noplainemail::
 	If set to "1" showing full author email adresses will be disabled.
 	Default value: "0".
 
 noheader::
 	Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit omit the standard header
 	on all pages. Default value: none. See also: "embedded".
 
 project-list::
 	A list of subdirectories inside of scan-path, relative to it, that
 	should loaded as git repositories. This must be defined prior to
 	scan-path. Default value: none. See also: scan-path.
 
+readme::
+	Text which will be used as default value for "repo.readme". Default
+	value: none.
+
 remove-suffix::
 	If set to "1" and scan-path is enabled, if any repositories are found
 	with a suffix of ".git", this suffix will be removed for the url and
 	name. Default value: "0". See also: scan-path.
 
 renamelimit::
 	Maximum number of files to consider when detecting renames. The value
 	 "-1" uses the compiletime value in git (for further info, look at
 	  `man git-diff`). Default value: "-1".
 
 repo.group::
 	Legacy alias for "section". This option is deprecated and will not be
 	supported in cgit-1.0.
 
 robots::
 	Text used as content for the "robots" meta-tag. Default value:
 	"index, nofollow".
 
 root-desc::
 	Text printed below the heading on the repository index page. Default
 	value: "a fast webinterface for the git dscm".
 
 root-readme::
 	The content of the file specified with this option will be included
 	verbatim below the "about" link on the repository index page. Default
 	value: none.
 
 root-title::
 	Text printed as heading on the repository index page. Default value:
 	"Git Repository Browser".
 
 scan-path::
 	A path which will be scanned for repositories. If caching is enabled,
 	the result will be cached as a cgitrc include-file in the cache
 	directory. If project-list has been defined prior to scan-path,
 	scan-path loads only the directories listed in the file pointed to by
 	project-list. Default value: none. See also: cache-scanrc-ttl,
 	project-list.
 
 section::
 	The name of the current repository section - all repositories defined
 	after this option will inherit the current section name. Default value:
 	none.
 
 side-by-side-diffs::
 	If set to "1" shows side-by-side diffs instead of unidiffs per
 	default. Default value: "0".
 
@@ -328,97 +332,97 @@ repo.clone-url::
 repo.commit-filter::
 	Override the default commit-filter. Default value: none. See also:
 	"enable-filter-overrides".
 
 repo.defbranch::
 	The name of the default branch for this repository. If no such branch
 	exists in the repository, the first branch name (when sorted) is used
 	as default instead. Default value: "master".
 
 repo.desc::
 	The value to show as repository description. Default value: none.
 
 repo.enable-log-filecount::
 	A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
 	`enable-log-filecount'. Default value: none.
 
 repo.enable-log-linecount::
 	A flag which can be used to disable the global setting
 	`enable-log-linecount'. Default value: none.
 
 repo.enable-remote-branches::
 	Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit display remote branches
 	in the summary and refs views. Default value: <enable-remote-branches>.
 
 repo.enable-subject-links::
 	A flag which can be used to override the global setting
 	`enable-subject-links'. Default value: none.
 
 repo.max-stats::
 	Override the default maximum statistics period. Valid values are equal
 	to the values specified for the global "max-stats" setting. Default
 	value: none.
 
 repo.name::
 	The value to show as repository name. Default value: <repo.url>.
 
 repo.owner::
 	A value used to identify the owner of the repository. Default value:
 	none.
 
 repo.path::
 	An absolute path to the repository directory. For non-bare repositories
 	this is the .git-directory. Default value: none.
 
 repo.readme::
 	A path (relative to <repo.path>) which specifies a file to include
 	verbatim as the "About" page for this repo. You may also specify a
 	git refspec by head or by hash by prepending the refspec followed by
-	a colon. For example, "master:docs/readme.mkd" Default value: none.
+	a colon. For example, "master:docs/readme.mkd" Default value: <readme>.
 
 repo.snapshots::
 	A mask of allowed snapshot-formats for this repo, restricted by the
 	"snapshots" global setting. Default value: <snapshots>.
 
 repo.section::
 	Override the current section name for this repository. Default value:
 	none.
 
 repo.source-filter::
 	Override the default source-filter. Default value: none. See also:
 	"enable-filter-overrides".
 
 repo.url::
 	The relative url used to access the repository. This must be the first
 	setting specified for each repo. Default value: none.
 
 
 REPOSITORY-SPECIFIC CGITRC FILE
 -------------------------------
 When the option "scan-path" is used to auto-discover git repositories, cgit
 will try to parse the file "cgitrc" within any found repository. Such a
 repo-specific config file may contain any of the repo-specific options
 described above, except "repo.url" and "repo.path". Additionally, the "filter"
 options are only acknowledged in repo-specific config files when
 "enable-filter-overrides" is set to "1".
 
 Note: the "repo." prefix is dropped from the option names in repo-specific
 config files, e.g. "repo.desc" becomes "desc".
 
 
 EXAMPLE CGITRC FILE
 -------------------
 
 ....
 # Enable caching of up to 1000 output entriess
 cache-size=1000
 
 
 # Specify some default clone prefixes
 clone-prefix=git://foobar.com ssh://foobar.com/pub/git http://foobar.com/git
 
 # Specify the css url
 css=/css/cgit.css
 
 
 # Show extra links for each repository on the index page
 enable-index-links=1
diff --git a/scan-tree.c b/scan-tree.c
index e987824..780d405 100644
--- a/scan-tree.c
+++ b/scan-tree.c
@@ -65,99 +65,101 @@ static void add_repo(const char *base, const char *path, repo_config_fn fn)
 {
 	struct stat st;
 	struct passwd *pwd;
 	char *p;
 	size_t size;
 
 	if (stat(path, &st)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Error accessing %s: %s (%d)\n",
 			path, strerror(errno), errno);
 		return;
 	}
 	if (!stat(fmt("%s/noweb", path), &st))
 		return;
 
 	owner = NULL;
 	if (ctx.cfg.enable_gitweb_owner)
 		git_config_from_file(git_owner_config, fmt("%s/config", path), NULL);
 	if (base == path)
 		p = fmt("%s", path);
 	else
 		p = fmt("%s", path + strlen(base) + 1);
 
 	if (!strcmp(p + strlen(p) - 5, "/.git"))
 		p[strlen(p) - 5] = '\0';
 
 	repo = cgit_add_repo(xstrdup(p));
 	if (ctx.cfg.remove_suffix)
 		if ((p = strrchr(repo->url, '.')) && !strcmp(p, ".git"))
 			*p = '\0';
 	repo->name = repo->url;
 	repo->path = xstrdup(path);
 	while (!owner) {
 		if ((pwd = getpwuid(st.st_uid)) == NULL) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Error reading owner-info for %s: %s (%d)\n",
 				path, strerror(errno), errno);
 			break;
 		}
 		if (pwd->pw_gecos)
 			if ((p = strchr(pwd->pw_gecos, ',')))
 				*p = '\0';
 		owner = xstrdup(pwd->pw_gecos ? pwd->pw_gecos : pwd->pw_name);
 	}
 	repo->owner = owner;
 
 	p = fmt("%s/description", path);
 	if (!stat(p, &st))
 		readfile(p, &repo->desc, &size);
 
+	if (!repo->readme) {
 	p = fmt("%s/README.html", path);
 	if (!stat(p, &st))
 		repo->readme = "README.html";
+	}
 
 	p = fmt("%s/cgitrc", path);
 	if (!stat(p, &st)) {
 		config_fn = fn;
 		parse_configfile(xstrdup(p), &repo_config);
 	}
 }
 
 static void scan_path(const char *base, const char *path, repo_config_fn fn)
 {
 	DIR *dir;
 	struct dirent *ent;
 	char *buf;
 	struct stat st;
 
 	if (is_git_dir(path)) {
 		add_repo(base, path, fn);
 		return;
 	}
 	if (is_git_dir(fmt("%s/.git", path))) {
 		add_repo(base, fmt("%s/.git", path), fn);
 		return;
 	}
 	dir = opendir(path);
 	if (!dir) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Error opening directory %s: %s (%d)\n",
 			path, strerror(errno), errno);
 		return;
 	}
 	while((ent = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
 		if (ent->d_name[0] == '.') {
 			if (ent->d_name[1] == '\0')
 				continue;
 			if (ent->d_name[1] == '.' && ent->d_name[2] == '\0')
 				continue;
 		}
 		buf = malloc(strlen(path) + strlen(ent->d_name) + 2);
 		if (!buf) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Alloc error on %s: %s (%d)\n",
 				path, strerror(errno), errno);
 			exit(1);
 		}
 		sprintf(buf, "%s/%s", path, ent->d_name);
 		if (stat(buf, &st)) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Error checking path %s: %s (%d)\n",
 				buf, strerror(errno), errno);
 			free(buf);
 			continue;
diff --git a/shared.c b/shared.c
index b42c2a2..72ac140 100644
--- a/shared.c
+++ b/shared.c
@@ -17,97 +17,97 @@ int chk_zero(int result, char *msg)
 		die("%s: %s", msg, strerror(errno));
 	return result;
 }
 
 int chk_positive(int result, char *msg)
 {
 	if (result <= 0)
 		die("%s: %s", msg, strerror(errno));
 	return result;
 }
 
 int chk_non_negative(int result, char *msg)
 {
     	if (result < 0)
 	    	die("%s: %s",msg, strerror(errno));
 	return result;
 }
 
 struct cgit_repo *cgit_add_repo(const char *url)
 {
 	struct cgit_repo *ret;
 
 	if (++cgit_repolist.count > cgit_repolist.length) {
 		if (cgit_repolist.length == 0)
 			cgit_repolist.length = 8;
 		else
 			cgit_repolist.length *= 2;
 		cgit_repolist.repos = xrealloc(cgit_repolist.repos,
 					       cgit_repolist.length *
 					       sizeof(struct cgit_repo));
 	}
 
 	ret = &cgit_repolist.repos[cgit_repolist.count-1];
 	memset(ret, 0, sizeof(struct cgit_repo));
 	ret->url = trim_end(url, '/');
 	ret->name = ret->url;
 	ret->path = NULL;
 	ret->desc = "[no description]";
 	ret->owner = NULL;
 	ret->section = ctx.cfg.section;
 	ret->defbranch = "master";
 	ret->snapshots = ctx.cfg.snapshots;
 	ret->enable_log_filecount = ctx.cfg.enable_log_filecount;
 	ret->enable_log_linecount = ctx.cfg.enable_log_linecount;
 	ret->enable_remote_branches = ctx.cfg.enable_remote_branches;
 	ret->enable_subject_links = ctx.cfg.enable_subject_links;
 	ret->max_stats = ctx.cfg.max_stats;
 	ret->module_link = ctx.cfg.module_link;
-	ret->readme = NULL;
+	ret->readme = ctx.cfg.readme;
 	ret->mtime = -1;
 	ret->about_filter = ctx.cfg.about_filter;
 	ret->commit_filter = ctx.cfg.commit_filter;
 	ret->source_filter = ctx.cfg.source_filter;
 	return ret;
 }
 
 struct cgit_repo *cgit_get_repoinfo(const char *url)
 {
 	int i;
 	struct cgit_repo *repo;
 
 	for (i=0; i<cgit_repolist.count; i++) {
 		repo = &cgit_repolist.repos[i];
 		if (!strcmp(repo->url, url))
 			return repo;
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
 
 void *cgit_free_commitinfo(struct commitinfo *info)
 {
 	free(info->author);
 	free(info->author_email);
 	free(info->committer);
 	free(info->committer_email);
 	free(info->subject);
 	free(info->msg);
 	free(info->msg_encoding);
 	free(info);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
 char *trim_end(const char *str, char c)
 {
 	int len;
 	char *s, *t;
 
 	if (str == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 	t = (char *)str;
 	len = strlen(t);
 	while(len > 0 && t[len - 1] == c)
 		len--;
 
 	if (len == 0)
 		return NULL;
 
diff --git a/ui-summary.c b/ui-summary.c
index 02f191e..b203bcc 100644
--- a/ui-summary.c
+++ b/ui-summary.c
@@ -25,86 +25,100 @@ static void print_url(char *base, char *suffix)
 	}
 	if (suffix && *suffix)
 		base = fmt("%s/%s", base, suffix);
 	html("<tr><td colspan='4'><a href='");
 	html_url_path(base);
 	html("'>");
 	html_txt(base);
 	html("</a></td></tr>\n");
 }
 
 static void print_urls(char *txt, char *suffix)
 {
 	char *h = txt, *t, c;
 
 	while (h && *h) {
 		while (h && *h == ' ')
 			h++;
 		t = h;
 		while (t && *t && *t != ' ')
 			t++;
 		c = *t;
 		*t = 0;
 		print_url(h, suffix);
 		*t = c;
 		h = t;
 	}
 }
 
 void cgit_print_summary()
 {
 	html("<table summary='repository info' class='list nowrap'>");
 	cgit_print_branches(ctx.cfg.summary_branches);
 	html("<tr class='nohover'><td colspan='4'>&nbsp;</td></tr>");
 	cgit_print_tags(ctx.cfg.summary_tags);
 	if (ctx.cfg.summary_log > 0) {
 		html("<tr class='nohover'><td colspan='4'>&nbsp;</td></tr>");
 		cgit_print_log(ctx.qry.head, 0, ctx.cfg.summary_log, NULL,
 			       NULL, NULL, 0);
 	}
 	if (ctx.repo->clone_url)
 		print_urls(ctx.repo->clone_url, NULL);
 	else if (ctx.cfg.clone_prefix)
 		print_urls(ctx.cfg.clone_prefix, ctx.repo->url);
 	html("</table>");
 }
 
 void cgit_print_repo_readme(char *path)
 {
-	char *slash, *tmp, *colon, *ref = 0;
+	char *slash, *tmp, *colon, *ref;
 
-	if (!ctx.repo->readme)
+	if (!ctx.repo->readme || !(*ctx.repo->readme))
 		return;
 
+	ref = NULL;
+
+	/* Check if the readme is tracked in the git repo. */
+	colon = strchr(ctx.repo->readme, ':');
+	if (colon && strlen(colon) > 1) {
+		*colon = '\0';
+		ref = ctx.repo->readme;
+		ctx.repo->readme = colon + 1;
+		if (!(*ctx.repo->readme))
+			return;
+	}
+
+	/* Prepend repo path to relative readme path unless tracked. */
+	if (!ref && *ctx.repo->readme != '/')
+		ctx.repo->readme = xstrdup(fmt("%s/%s", ctx.repo->path,
+					       ctx.repo->readme));
+
+	/* If a subpath is specified for the about page, make it relative
+	 * to the directory containing the configured readme.
+	 */
 	if (path) {
 		slash = strrchr(ctx.repo->readme, '/');
 		if (!slash) {
-			slash = strchr(ctx.repo->readme, ':');
-			if (!slash)
+			if (!colon)
 				return;
+			slash = colon;
 		}
 		tmp = xmalloc(slash - ctx.repo->readme + 1 + strlen(path) + 1);
 		strncpy(tmp, ctx.repo->readme, slash - ctx.repo->readme + 1);
 		strcpy(tmp + (slash - ctx.repo->readme + 1), path);
 	} else
 		tmp = ctx.repo->readme;
-	colon = strchr(tmp, ':');
-	if (colon && strlen(colon) > 1) {
-		*colon = '\0';
-		ref = tmp;
-		tmp = colon + 1;
-		while ((*tmp == '/' || *tmp == ':') && *tmp != '\0')
-			++tmp;
-		if (!(*tmp))
-			return;
-	}
+
+	/* Print the calculated readme, either from the git repo or from the
+	 * filesystem, while applying the about-filter.
+	 */
 	html("<div id='summary'>");
 	if (ctx.repo->about_filter)
 		cgit_open_filter(ctx.repo->about_filter);
 	if (ref)
 		cgit_print_file(tmp, ref);
 	else
 		html_include(tmp);
 	if (ctx.repo->about_filter)
 		cgit_close_filter(ctx.repo->about_filter);
 	html("</div>");
 }