From 16be7b046b8c10cefa3fbc5a1883d73cfc627a01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Danilo M." <danix@danix.xyz>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 10:00:20 +0200
Subject: feat: add welcome text to index page via root-readme

Inject site-desc.html on the repo list page using cgit's root-readme
option. Mirrors the welcome text and signature from the gitweb theme.
---
 cgit.css             |  40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 cgitrc.example       |   1 +
 images/signature.png | Bin 0 -> 9765 bytes
 site-desc.html       |  15 +++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 56 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 images/signature.png
 create mode 100644 site-desc.html

diff --git a/cgit.css b/cgit.css
index 8f1085c..9114f17 100644
--- a/cgit.css
+++ b/cgit.css
@@ -351,6 +351,46 @@ div.content {
   width: 100%;
 }
 
+/* =============================================================
+   SITE DESCRIPTION (index page, root-readme)
+   ============================================================= */
+
+div.site-desc {
+  max-width: 680px;
+  margin: 2rem auto 2.5rem;
+  padding: 0 1rem;
+  color: var(--text);
+  font-family: 'IBM Plex Sans', sans-serif;
+  font-size: 0.95rem;
+  line-height: 1.7;
+}
+
+div.site-desc h2 {
+  font-family: 'Oxanium', sans-serif;
+  font-size: 1.4rem;
+  color: var(--accent);
+  margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
+}
+
+div.site-desc a {
+  color: var(--accent2);
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+div.site-desc a:hover {
+  text-decoration: underline;
+  opacity: 1;
+}
+
+div.site-desc .welcome-close {
+  color: var(--text-dim);
+  font-style: italic;
+}
+
+div.site-desc .signature-wrap {
+  margin-top: 1rem;
+}
+
 /* =============================================================
    REPO LIST PAGE
    ============================================================= */
diff --git a/cgitrc.example b/cgitrc.example
index fba2002..1a4ae80 100644
--- a/cgitrc.example
+++ b/cgitrc.example
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ logo=/cgit-theme/images/lampD.png
 logo-link=https://danix.xyz
 head-include=/var/www/cgit-theme-danix/head.html
 footer=/usr/share/cgit/cgit-theme-danix/footer.html
+root-readme=/var/www/cgit-theme-danix/site-desc.html
 source-filter=/usr/share/cgit/cgit-theme-danix/syntax-highlight.py
 
 # ---- Site settings ----
diff --git a/images/signature.png b/images/signature.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47f5fed
Binary files /dev/null and b/images/signature.png differ
diff --git a/site-desc.html b/site-desc.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b833182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site-desc.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<div class="site-desc">
+  <h2>My work</h2>
+  <p>
+    Welcome to my git repository. Here's what I've been working on in the past,
+    today, and what I'll be (probably) working on in the future.
+  </p>
+  <p>
+    Feel free to have a look at the code I've written and don't hesitate to
+    <a href="https://danix.xyz/is/here/">drop me a few lines</a> if you want to.
+  </p>
+  <p class="welcome-close">I wish you a great day!</p>
+  <p class="signature-wrap">
+    <img height="100" width="200" src="/cgit-theme/images/signature.png" alt="danix's signature" />
+  </p>
+</div>
-- 
cgit v1.2.3