From 28b81d494cd35a3712ede953d1324e6098f9fc2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Alex Pooley (@zuedev)" <zuedev@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 13:38:31 +0100
Subject: fix gitinfo check

---
 scripts/gitinfo.bash | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/gitinfo.bash b/scripts/gitinfo.bash
index 01a13b6..43b284f 100644
--- a/scripts/gitinfo.bash
+++ b/scripts/gitinfo.bash
@@ -2,17 +2,19 @@
 
 for repository in /repositories/*; do
   cd /repositories/$(basename "$repository")
-  gitinfo=$(git cat-file -p @:.gitinfo 2>&1)
+  gitinfoExists=$(git ls-tree HEAD -- .gitinfo 2>/dev/null)
 
-  # does gitinfo exist? expect "fatal" if not
-  if [[ $gitinfo == fatal* ]]; then
+  # does gitinfo exist?
+  if [ -z "$gitinfoExists" ]; then
     echo "No .gitinfo found for $(basename "$repository"). Blanking description."
     echo "" > /repositories/$(basename "$repository")/description
     continue
   fi
 
+  gitinfoContents=$(git cat-file -p @:.gitinfo)
+
   # extract description from gitinfo (json format)
-  description=$(echo "$gitinfo" | grep -oP '"description":\s*"\K[^"]+')
+  description=$(echo "$gitinfoContents" | grep -oP '"description":\s*"\K[^"]+')
 
   # write description to repository description file
   echo "$description" > /repositories/$(basename "$repository")/description
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