/* Check if the readme is tracked in the git repo. */
colon = strchr(readme, ':');
if (colon && strlen(colon) > 1) {
- /* If it starts with a colon, we want to use
- * the default branch */
- if (colon == readme && repo->defbranch)
+ /* If it starts with a colon, we want to use head given
+ * from query or the default branch */
+ if (colon == readme && ctx.qry.head)
+ *ref = xstrdup(ctx.qry.head);
+ else if (colon == readme && repo->defbranch)
*ref = xstrdup(repo->defbranch);
else
*ref = xstrndup(readme, colon - readme);