1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm
index 23b77213..4fbbb522 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Inbox.pm
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ sub description {
          my $desc = $self->{description};
          return $desc if defined $desc;
          $desc = try_cat("$self->{mainrepo}/description");
+        local $/ = "\n";
          chomp $desc;
          $desc =~ s/\s+/ /smg;
          $desc = '($GIT_DIR/description missing)' if $desc eq '';
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ sub cloneurl {
          return $url if $url;
          $url = try_cat("$self->{mainrepo}/cloneurl");
          my @url = split(/\s+/s, $url);
+        local $/ = "\n";
          chomp @url;
          $self->{cloneurl} = \@url;
  }