cgit: fix default branch detection on empty reposHEADmaster

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/git-mirror-cgit b/git-mirror-cgit
index 5e6cfc6..5c56993 100755
--- a/git-mirror-cgit
+++ b/git-mirror-cgit
@@ -33,11 +33,17 @@ class Cgit < GitMirrorBackend
 
 	def cmd_get_meta(path)
 		doc = self.getHTML(path)
-		head = open(@config['url']+(path+'/HEAD')).read
+		empty = (doc.css('.error').text == "Repository seems to be empty")
+		if empty
+			default_branch = 'master'
+		else
+			head = open(@config['url']+(path+'/HEAD')).read
+			default_branch = head.split("\n")[0].sub(/^ref: /, '').sub(/^refs\/heads\//, '')
+		end
 		return {
 			'description' => doc.css('#header .sub')[0].text,
 			'owner'       => doc.css('#header .sub')[1].text,
-			'default-branch' => head.split("\n")[0].sub(/^ref: /, '').sub(/^refs\/heads\//, ''),
+			'default-branch' => default_branch,
 		}
 	end