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
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 /* cgit.c: cgi for the git scm
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2006 Lars Hjemli
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
  *
  * Licensed under GNU General Public License v2
  *   (see COPYING for full license text)
  */
 
 #include "cgit.h"
@@ -68,13 +69,14 @@ void repo_config(struct cgit_repo *repo, const char *name, const char *value)
                 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) {
-                if (*value == '/')
+                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);