[PATCH] cgit: Fix guessing default branch

Aiden Woodruff aiden at aidenw.net
Fri Feb 27 16:47:06 UTC 2026


Hi Baptiste,

On 2/27/26 10:51 AM, Baptiste Jonglez wrote:
> I guess the internal format for HEAD has changed at some point, so it
> needs to be taken into account when parsing it in cgit.

Just to add some information, the HEAD format hasn't changed since that 
line was added.

Compare the git user manual blame:

https://gitlab.com/git-scm/git/-/blame/HEAD/Documentation/user-manual.adoc#L289

And the cgit blame:

https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/blame/cgit.c#n499

-- 
Aiden Woodruff


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