2 files changed, 18 insertions, 11 deletions

@@ -287,8 +287,9 @@ scan-path::
         the result will be cached as a cgitrc include-file in the cache
         directory. If project-list has been defined prior to scan-path,
         scan-path loads only the directories listed in the file pointed to by
-        project-list. Default value: none. See also: cache-scanrc-ttl,
-        project-list.
+        project-list. Be advised that only the global settings taken
+        before the scan-path directive will be applied to each repository.
+        Default value: none. See also: cache-scanrc-ttl, project-list.
 
 section::
         The name of the current repository section - all repositories defined
@@ -106,7 +106,11 @@ const char *reencode(char **txt, const char *src_enc, const char *dst_enc)
         if (!txt || !*txt || !src_enc || !dst_enc)
                 return *txt;
 
-        tmp = reencode_string(*txt, src_enc, dst_enc);
+        /* no encoding needed if src_enc equals dst_enc */
+        if(!strcasecmp(src_enc, dst_enc))
+                return *txt;
+
+        tmp = reencode_string(*txt, dst_enc, src_enc);
         if (tmp) {
                 free(*txt);
                 *txt = tmp;
@@ -160,6 +164,10 @@ struct commitinfo *cgit_parse_commit(struct commit *commit)
                 }
         }
 
+        /* if no special encoding is found, assume UTF-8 */
+        if(!ret->msg_encoding)
+                ret->msg_encoding = xstrdup("UTF-8");
+
         // skip unknown header fields
         while (p && *p && (*p != '\n')) {
                 p = strchr(p, '\n');
@@ -189,14 +197,12 @@ struct commitinfo *cgit_parse_commit(struct commit *commit)
         } else
                 ret->subject = xstrdup(p);
 
-        if (ret->msg_encoding) {
-                reencode(&ret->author, PAGE_ENCODING, ret->msg_encoding);
-                reencode(&ret->author_email, PAGE_ENCODING, ret->msg_encoding);
-                reencode(&ret->committer, PAGE_ENCODING, ret->msg_encoding);
-                reencode(&ret->committer_email, PAGE_ENCODING, ret->msg_encoding);
-                reencode(&ret->subject, PAGE_ENCODING, ret->msg_encoding);
-                reencode(&ret->msg, PAGE_ENCODING, ret->msg_encoding);
-        }
+        reencode(&ret->author, ret->msg_encoding, PAGE_ENCODING);
+        reencode(&ret->author_email, ret->msg_encoding, PAGE_ENCODING);
+        reencode(&ret->committer, ret->msg_encoding, PAGE_ENCODING);
+        reencode(&ret->committer_email, ret->msg_encoding, PAGE_ENCODING);
+        reencode(&ret->subject, ret->msg_encoding, PAGE_ENCODING);
+        reencode(&ret->msg, ret->msg_encoding, PAGE_ENCODING);
 
         return ret;
 }