From d9d79de7cd7eb53fd17472431f20db856747720b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Akshay <nerdy@peppe.rs>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2025 17:18:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix default branch logic

---
 knotserver/git/git.go | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/knotserver/git/git.go b/knotserver/git/git.go
index bfa9586a..8a9367a1 100644
--- a/knotserver/git/git.go
+++ b/knotserver/git/git.go
@@ -230,7 +230,11 @@ func (g *GitRepo) FindMainBranch() (string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to find main branch: %w", err)
 	}
-	return string(ref.Name()), err
+	if ref.Name().IsBranch() {
+		return strings.TrimPrefix(string(ref.Name()), "refs/heads/"), nil
+	}
+
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to find main branch: %w", err)
 }
 
 // WriteTar writes itself from a tree into a binary tar file format.
-- 
knotmirror 0.0.1