X-Git-Url: https://git.ladys.computer/Gitweb/blobdiff_plain/951ab0fa0d1d93d476b4387c97bd85fe5a071eeeb2d6afaeaf2303b6a71b6953..5148f3c9b61c6093dbd808e324d86457909ad64c7bbc1672baaaf4bc75c21ee4:/gitweb.perl?ds=sidebyside

diff --git a/gitweb.perl b/gitweb.perl
index 7ee310e..6d013f1 100755
--- a/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb.perl
@@ -2563,18 +2563,26 @@ sub git_get_path_by_hash {
 ## ......................................................................
 ## git utility functions, directly accessing git repository
 
-sub git_get_project_description {
-	my $path = shift;
+# get the value of config variable either from file named as the variable
+# itself in the repository ($GIT_DIR/$name file), or from gitweb.$name
+# configuration variable in the repository config file.
+sub git_get_file_or_project_config {
+	my ($path, $name) = @_;
 
 	$git_dir = "$projectroot/$path";
-	open my $fd, '<', "$git_dir/description"
-		or return git_get_project_config('description');
-	my $descr = <$fd>;
+	open my $fd, '<', "$git_dir/$name"
+		or return git_get_project_config($name);
+	my $conf = <$fd>;
 	close $fd;
-	if (defined $descr) {
-		chomp $descr;
+	if (defined $conf) {
+		chomp $conf;
 	}
-	return $descr;
+	return $conf;
+}
+
+sub git_get_project_description {
+	my $path = shift;
+	return git_get_file_or_project_config($path, 'description');
 }
 
 # supported formats: