1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/cgit.c b/cgit.c
index 8795085..cefeddf 100644
--- a/cgit.c
+++ b/cgit.c
@@ -178,99 +178,103 @@ static void prepare_context(struct cgit_context *ctx)
         ctx->cfg.root_title = "Git repository browser";
         ctx->cfg.root_desc = "a fast webinterface for the git dscm";
         ctx->cfg.script_name = CGIT_SCRIPT_NAME;
         ctx->page.mimetype = "text/html";
         ctx->page.charset = PAGE_ENCODING;
         ctx->page.filename = NULL;
         ctx->page.modified = time(NULL);
         ctx->page.expires = ctx->page.modified;
 }
 
 struct refmatch {
         char *req_ref;
         char *first_ref;
         int match;
 };
 
 int find_current_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1,
                      int flags, void *cb_data)
 {
         struct refmatch *info;
 
         info = (struct refmatch *)cb_data;
         if (!strcmp(refname, info->req_ref))
                 info->match = 1;
         if (!info->first_ref)
                 info->first_ref = xstrdup(refname);
         return info->match;
 }
 
 char *find_default_branch(struct cgit_repo *repo)
 {
         struct refmatch info;
+        char *ref;
 
         info.req_ref = repo->defbranch;
         info.first_ref = NULL;
         info.match = 0;
         for_each_branch_ref(find_current_ref, &info);
         if (info.match)
-                return info.req_ref;
+                ref = info.req_ref;
         else
-                return info.first_ref;
+                ref = info.first_ref;
+        if (ref)
+                ref = xstrdup(ref);
+        return ref;
 }
 
 static int prepare_repo_cmd(struct cgit_context *ctx)
 {
         char *tmp;
         unsigned char sha1[20];
         int nongit = 0;
 
         setenv("GIT_DIR", ctx->repo->path, 1);
         setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
         if (nongit) {
                 ctx->page.title = fmt("%s - %s", ctx->cfg.root_title,
                                       "config error");
                 tmp = fmt("Not a git repository: '%s'", ctx->repo->path);
                 ctx->repo = NULL;
                 cgit_print_http_headers(ctx);
                 cgit_print_docstart(ctx);
                 cgit_print_pageheader(ctx);
                 cgit_print_error(tmp);
                 cgit_print_docend();
                 return 1;
         }
         ctx->page.title = fmt("%s - %s", ctx->repo->name, ctx->repo->desc);
 
         if (!ctx->qry.head) {
-                ctx->qry.head = xstrdup(find_default_branch(ctx->repo));
+                ctx->qry.head = find_default_branch(ctx->repo);
                 ctx->repo->defbranch = ctx->qry.head;
         }
 
         if (!ctx->qry.head) {
                 cgit_print_http_headers(ctx);
                 cgit_print_docstart(ctx);
                 cgit_print_pageheader(ctx);
                 cgit_print_error("Repository seems to be empty");
                 cgit_print_docend();
                 return 1;
         }
 
         if (get_sha1(ctx->qry.head, sha1)) {
                 tmp = xstrdup(ctx->qry.head);
                 ctx->qry.head = ctx->repo->defbranch;
                 cgit_print_http_headers(ctx);
                 cgit_print_docstart(ctx);
                 cgit_print_pageheader(ctx);
                 cgit_print_error(fmt("Invalid branch: %s", tmp));
                 cgit_print_docend();
                 return 1;
         }
         return 0;
 }
 
 static void process_request(void *cbdata)
 {
         struct cgit_context *ctx = cbdata;
         struct cgit_cmd *cmd;
 
         cmd = cgit_get_cmd(ctx);
         if (!cmd) {