+ 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;
+ }
+
+ /* Prepend repo path to relative readme path unless tracked. */
+ if (!(*ref) && readme[0] != '/')
+ *filename = fmtalloc("%s/%s", repo->path, readme);
+ else
+ *filename = xstrdup(readme);
+}