Reply on the cgit URL encoding problem.

diff --git a/doc/todo/support_linking_to_cgit.mdwn b/doc/todo/support_linking_to_cgit.mdwn
index 92c7cb8a6594bd9c3bea294f7498716b00754ada..5c61ff42fdd2cd53f63d947de4719b17e72950ba 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/todo/support_linking_to_cgit.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/support_linking_to_cgit.mdwn
@@ -17,4 +17,16 @@ the substitution of `\[[file]]` in `diffurl` and `historyurl`?
 > In `91b477c` I made a similar change to how the cvs backend encodes
 > `diffurl`. Perhaps it applies to all VCS backends? --[[schmonz]]
 
+>> Thanks a lot! I've not looked at it yet, but will try to do so
+>> soonish, as this bug is a real problem for Tails when welcoming potential
+>> new contributors.
+>> 
+>> Also, note that this does not affect recentchanges only:  we have
+>> the same problem for URLs generated by the shortcut plugin, e.g.
+>> `\[[!tails_gitweb config/chroot_local-includes/usr/local/sbin/unsafe-browser]]`
+>> in a page (with the shortcut defined as
+>> `\[[!shortcut name=tails_gitweb url="https://git-tails.immerda.ch/tails/plain/%s"]]`)
+>> produces URLs with `/` encoded as `%2F`, which fails the same way
+>> in combination with cgit. --[[intrigeri]]
+
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