1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/cgit.c b/cgit.c
index 7e3d349..6a75f27 100644
--- a/cgit.c
+++ b/cgit.c
@@ -421,6 +421,17 @@ char *find_default_branch(struct cgit_repo *repo)
         return ref;
 }
 
+static char *guess_defbranch(const char *repo_path)
+{
+        const char *ref;
+        unsigned char sha1[20];
+
+        ref = resolve_ref("HEAD", sha1, 0, NULL);
+        if (!ref || prefixcmp(ref, "refs/heads/"))
+                return "master";
+        return xstrdup(ref + 11);
+}
+
 static int prepare_repo_cmd(struct cgit_context *ctx)
 {
         char *tmp;
@@ -447,10 +458,12 @@ static int prepare_repo_cmd(struct cgit_context *ctx)
         }
         ctx->page.title = fmt("%s - %s", ctx->repo->name, ctx->repo->desc);
 
+        if (!ctx->repo->defbranch)
+                ctx->repo->defbranch = guess_defbranch(ctx->repo->path);
+
         if (!ctx->qry.head) {
                 ctx->qry.nohead = 1;
                 ctx->qry.head = find_default_branch(ctx->repo);
-                ctx->repo->defbranch = ctx->qry.head;
         }
 
         if (!ctx->qry.head) {