README renamed to README.md on branch does not display even though the branch is set as project default, link causes 404
As I have seen in some other tickets, there are some issues already with README
files and branches. This issue is closest to #1703 (closed) from the description.
However in #1703 (closed) the bug reporter states that anchors used inside the README
refer to the master
branch instead of the project default which can be set from the project settings. The problem seems to be more generic than that.
When I forked a project I decided to transform the textual README
, which looks ugly since it is not rendered with monospace fonts (as per #1260 (closed)), to a README.md
.
This was easy enough and in the branch that combines all changes including the README
change (here reposurgeon/tree/ALL-changes-combined
) the README.md
is rendered just fine in the file tree. However, even though the default branch is set to that very branch, the README
tab displays the README
from master
and the link in the top right corner points to reposurgeon/blob/ALL-changes-combined/README
which does not exist on that branch and therefore naturally leads to a 404.