1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/t/cgi.t b/t/cgi.t
index 365acd84..b59ca54a 100644
--- a/t/cgi.t
+++ b/t/cgi.t
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ my $cfgpfx = "publicinbox.test";
         is(1, mkdir($pi_home, 0755), "setup ~/.public-inbox");
         is(0, system(qw(git init -q --bare), $maindir), "git init (main)");
 
+        open my $fh, '>', "$maindir/description" or die "open: $!\n";
+        print $fh "test for public-inbox\n";
+        close $fh or die "close: $!\n";
         my %cfg = (
                 "$cfgpfx.address" => $addr,
                 "$cfgpfx.mainrepo" => $maindir,
-                "$cfgpfx.description" => 'test for public-inbox',
         );
         while (my ($k,$v) = each %cfg) {
                 is(0, system(qw(git config --file), $pi_config, $k, $v),