From d1a2fed734a761e987ec0b25ac6faf15661b24f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vishesh Handa <me@vhanda.in>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 15:40:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] gj_common: Avoid returning a NULL shorthand

It's not what we expect and was causing crashes on some repos.
---
 gj_common/gitjournal.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gj_common/gitjournal.c b/gj_common/gitjournal.c
index 25912e29..9d99352e 100644
--- a/gj_common/gitjournal.c
+++ b/gj_common/gitjournal.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ char *gj_branch_name(git_repository *repo)
 {
     int err = 0;
     git_reference *ref = NULL;
-    char *shorthand = NULL;
+    char *shorthand = "master";
 
     err = git_repository_head(&ref, repo);
     if (err < 0)