+/* The caller must free filename and ref after calling this. */
+static inline void parse_readme(const char *readme, char **filename, char **ref, struct cgit_repo *repo)
+{
+ const char *colon;
+
+ *filename = NULL;
+ *ref = NULL;
+
+ if (!readme || !readme[0])
+ return;
+
+ /* 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)
+ *ref = xstrdup(repo->defbranch);
+ else
+ *ref = xstrndup(readme, colon - readme);
+ readme = colon + 1;
+ }