From 3b8b8c3318d90d08b778ba6c964e14096cad3ad8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jake Bauer <jbauer@paritybit.ca>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2020 03:02:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add about page for whole site

---
 about.md | 14 ++++++++++++++
 cgitrc   |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 about.md

diff --git a/about.md b/about.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..320b5de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/about.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# git.paritybit.ca
+
+These are repositories belonging to Jake Bauer of
+[paritybit.ca](https://www.parityit.ca).
+
+## Contributing
+
+To contribute, first check the repository for a `CONTRIBUTING` file or the
+`README` for a section on contributing. If neither of those locations exist for
+that particular repository, you can contribute to the project by [sending me an
+email](mailto:jbauer@paritybit.ca).
+
+All development is done using email and command-line tools. See the following
+link to [learn how to use git with email](https://git-send-email.io).
diff --git a/cgitrc b/cgitrc
index 0bc5300..af4dfe7 100644
--- a/cgitrc
+++ b/cgitrc
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 css=/cgit.css
 logo=/cgit.png
 favicon=/favicon.png
+root-readme=/usr/share/cgit/about.md
 
 enable-http-clone=1
 enable-commit-graph=1
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ max-stats=quarter
 repository-sort=age
 remove-suffix=1
 
+# Use markdown READMEs and about page
+about-filter=markdown
+
 # Specify the title/description of the root page
 root-title=git.paritybit.ca
 root-desc=Jake Bauer's Git Repositories