Tue Nov  1 09:54:21 UTC 2011  pinterface <pix@kepibu.org>
  * Skip comments and blank lines in the author file
diff -rN -u old-darcsweb/darcsweb.cgi new-darcsweb/darcsweb.cgi
--- old-darcsweb/darcsweb.cgi	2015-10-02 23:12:33.000000000 +0000
+++ new-darcsweb/darcsweb.cgi	2015-10-02 23:12:33.000000000 +0000
@@ -631,10 +631,12 @@
 def repo_get_owner():
 	try:
 		fd = open(config.repodir + '/_darcs/prefs/author')
-		author = fd.readlines()[0].strip()
+		for line in fd:
+			line = line.strip()
+			if line != "" and line[0] != "#":
+				return line.strip()
 	except:
-		author = None
-	return author
+		return None
 
 def run_darcs(params):
 	"""Runs darcs on the repodir with the given params, return a file