1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/parsing.c b/parsing.c
index 8e15e5a..36b0f0c 100644
--- a/parsing.c
+++ b/parsing.c
@@ -70,13 +70,15 @@ int cgit_read_config(const char *filename, configfn fn)
 	const char *value;
 	FILE *f;
 
-	/* cancel the reading of yet another configfile after 16 invocations */
-	if (nesting++ > 16)
+	/* cancel deeply nested include-commands */
+	if (nesting > 8)
 		return -1;
 	if (!(f = fopen(filename, "r")))
 		return -1;
+	nesting++;
 	while((len = read_config_line(f, line, &value, sizeof(line))) > 0)
 		(*fn)(line, value);
+	nesting--;
 	fclose(f);
 	return 0;
 }