1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cgit.c b/cgit.c
index eff5b7a..4f2c752 100644
--- a/cgit.c
+++ b/cgit.c
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2006 Lars Hjemli
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
  *
  * Licensed under GNU General Public License v2
@@ -72,5 +73,6 @@ void repo_config(struct cgit_repo *repo, const char *name, const char *value)
 		repo->section = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "readme") && value != NULL) {
-		if (*value == '/')
+		char *colon;
+		if (*value == '/' || ((colon = strchr(value, ':')) != NULL && colon != value && *(colon + 1) != '\0'))
 			repo->readme = xstrdup(value);
 		else