From a97382c5028b054a7ffc76f1b59c7f103898d6d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arun Isaac
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 16:49:18 +0100
Subject: cgit: Move try_files to location context.

---
 guix/forge/cgit.scm | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/guix/forge/cgit.scm b/guix/forge/cgit.scm
index bfdcf9c..2f6598f 100644
--- a/guix/forge/cgit.scm
+++ b/guix/forge/cgit.scm
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ configured in @var{config}."
      (server-name (list server-name))
      ;; cgit static files
      (root (file-append cgit "/share/cgit"))
-     (try-files (list "$uri" "@cgit"))
      (locations
       (list
        ;; git-http-backend for the smart HTTP protocol
@@ -287,7 +286,13 @@ configured in @var{config}."
                 "fastcgi_param HTTP_HOST $server_name;"
                 (string-append "fastcgi_pass "
                                (nginx-socket->string socket)
-                               ";")))))))))
+                               ";"))))
+       ;; On other URIs, try a file before falling back to @cgit. This try_files
+       ;; cannot be in the server context because it would then apply to
+       ;; git-http-backend, etc.
+       (nginx-location-configuration
+         (uri "/")
+         (body (list "try_files $uri @cgit;"))))))))
 
 (define cgit-service-type
   (service-type
-- 
cgit 1.4.1