+sub try_cat {
+ my ($path) = @_;
+ open(my $fh, '<', $path) or return '';
+ local $/;
+ <$fh> // '';
+}
+
+sub cat_desc ($) {
+ my $desc = try_cat($_[0]);
+ chomp $desc;
+ utf8::decode($desc);
+ $desc =~ s/\s+/ /smg;
+ $desc eq '' ? undef : $desc;
+}
+
+sub description {
+ cat_desc("$_[0]->{git_dir}/description") // 'Unnamed repository';
+}
+
+sub cloneurl {
+ my ($self, $env) = @_;
+ $self->{cloneurl} // do {
+ my @urls = split(/\s+/s, try_cat("$self->{git_dir}/cloneurl"));
+ scalar(@urls) ? ($self->{cloneurl} = \@urls) : undef;
+ } // [ substr(base_url($self, $env), 0, -1) ];
+}
+