diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 66cc41f..ac9276b 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -32,4 +32,6 @@ extern int cache_ls(const char *path);
 /* Print a message to stdout */
 extern void cache_log(const char *format, ...);
 
+extern unsigned long hash_str(const char *str);
+
 #endif /* CGIT_CACHE_H */
diff --git a/cgit.c b/cgit.c
index ec40e1f..bd37788 100644
--- a/cgit.c
+++ b/cgit.c
@@ -40,9 +40,58 @@ struct cgit_filter *new_filter(const char *cmd, int extra_args)
 	return f;
 }
 
+static void process_cached_repolist(const char *path);
+
+void repo_config(struct cgit_repo *repo, const char *name, const char *value)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(name, "name"))
+		repo->name = xstrdup(value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "clone-url"))
+		repo->clone_url = xstrdup(value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "desc"))
+		repo->desc = xstrdup(value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "owner"))
+		repo->owner = xstrdup(value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "defbranch"))
+		repo->defbranch = xstrdup(value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "snapshots"))
+		repo->snapshots = ctx.cfg.snapshots & cgit_parse_snapshots_mask(value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "enable-log-filecount"))
+		repo->enable_log_filecount = ctx.cfg.enable_log_filecount * atoi(value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "enable-log-linecount"))
+		repo->enable_log_linecount = ctx.cfg.enable_log_linecount * atoi(value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "max-stats"))
+		repo->max_stats = cgit_find_stats_period(value, NULL);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "module-link"))
+		repo->module_link= xstrdup(value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "section"))
+		repo->section = xstrdup(value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "readme") && value != NULL) {
+		if (*value == '/')
+			ctx.repo->readme = xstrdup(value);
+		else
+			ctx.repo->readme = xstrdup(fmt("%s/%s", ctx.repo->path, value));
+	} else if (ctx.cfg.enable_filter_overrides) {
+		if (!strcmp(name, "about-filter"))
+			repo->about_filter = new_filter(value, 0);
+		else if (!strcmp(name, "commit-filter"))
+			repo->commit_filter = new_filter(value, 0);
+		else if (!strcmp(name, "source-filter"))
+			repo->source_filter = new_filter(value, 1);
+	}
+}
+
 void config_cb(const char *name, const char *value)
 {
-	if (!strcmp(name, "root-title"))
+	if (!strcmp(name, "section") || !strcmp(name, "repo.group"))
+		ctx.cfg.section = xstrdup(value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "repo.url"))
+		ctx.repo = cgit_add_repo(value);
+	else if (ctx.repo && !strcmp(name, "repo.path"))
+		ctx.repo->path = trim_end(value, '/');
+	else if (ctx.repo && !prefixcmp(name, "repo."))
+		repo_config(ctx.repo, name + 5, value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "root-title"))
 		ctx.cfg.root_title = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "root-desc"))
 		ctx.cfg.root_desc = xstrdup(value);
@@ -80,6 +129,8 @@ void config_cb(const char *name, const char *value)
 		ctx.cfg.noheader = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "snapshots"))
 		ctx.cfg.snapshots = cgit_parse_snapshots_mask(value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "enable-filter-overrides"))
+		ctx.cfg.enable_filter_overrides = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "enable-index-links"))
 		ctx.cfg.enable_index_links = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "enable-log-filecount"))
@@ -98,6 +149,8 @@ void config_cb(const char *name, const char *value)
 		ctx.cfg.cache_root_ttl = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "cache-repo-ttl"))
 		ctx.cfg.cache_repo_ttl = atoi(value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "cache-scanrc-ttl"))
+		ctx.cfg.cache_scanrc_ttl = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "cache-static-ttl"))
 		ctx.cfg.cache_static_ttl = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "cache-dynamic-ttl"))
@@ -116,6 +169,11 @@ void config_cb(const char *name, const char *value)
 		ctx.cfg.max_repo_count = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "max-commit-count"))
 		ctx.cfg.max_commit_count = atoi(value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "scan-path"))
+		if (!ctx.cfg.nocache && ctx.cfg.cache_size)
+			process_cached_repolist(value);
+		else
+			scan_tree(value, repo_config);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "source-filter"))
 		ctx.cfg.source_filter = new_filter(value, 1);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "summary-log"))
@@ -136,44 +194,7 @@ void config_cb(const char *name, const char *value)
 		ctx.cfg.local_time = atoi(value);
 	else if (!prefixcmp(name, "mimetype."))
 		add_mimetype(name + 9, value);
-	else if (!strcmp(name, "repo.group"))
-		ctx.cfg.repo_group = xstrdup(value);
-	else if (!strcmp(name, "repo.url"))
-		ctx.repo = cgit_add_repo(value);
-	else if (!strcmp(name, "repo.name"))
-		ctx.repo->name = xstrdup(value);
-	else if (ctx.repo && !strcmp(name, "repo.path"))
-		ctx.repo->path = trim_end(value, '/');
-	else if (ctx.repo && !strcmp(name, "repo.clone-url"))
-		ctx.repo->clone_url = xstrdup(value);
-	else if (ctx.repo && !strcmp(name, "repo.desc"))
-		ctx.repo->desc = xstrdup(value);
-	else if (ctx.repo && !strcmp(name, "repo.owner"))
-		ctx.repo->owner = xstrdup(value);
-	else if (ctx.repo && !strcmp(name, "repo.defbranch"))
-		ctx.repo->defbranch = xstrdup(value);
-	else if (ctx.repo && !strcmp(name, "repo.snapshots"))
-		ctx.repo->snapshots = ctx.cfg.snapshots & cgit_parse_snapshots_mask(value); /* XXX: &? */
-	else if (ctx.repo && !strcmp(name, "repo.enable-log-filecount"))
-		ctx.repo->enable_log_filecount = ctx.cfg.enable_log_filecount * atoi(value);
-	else if (ctx.repo && !strcmp(name, "repo.enable-log-linecount"))
-		ctx.repo->enable_log_linecount = ctx.cfg.enable_log_linecount * atoi(value);
-	else if (ctx.repo && !strcmp(name, "repo.max-stats"))
-		ctx.repo->max_stats = cgit_find_stats_period(value, NULL);
-	else if (ctx.repo && !strcmp(name, "repo.module-link"))
-		ctx.repo->module_link= xstrdup(value);
-	else if (ctx.repo && !strcmp(name, "repo.about-filter"))
-		ctx.repo->about_filter = new_filter(value, 0);
-	else if (ctx.repo && !strcmp(name, "repo.commit-filter"))
-		ctx.repo->commit_filter = new_filter(value, 0);
-	else if (ctx.repo && !strcmp(name, "repo.source-filter"))
-		ctx.repo->source_filter = new_filter(value, 1);
-	else if (ctx.repo && !strcmp(name, "repo.readme") && value != NULL) {
-		if (*value == '/')
-			ctx.repo->readme = xstrdup(value);
-		else
-			ctx.repo->readme = xstrdup(fmt("%s/%s", ctx.repo->path, value));
-	} else if (!strcmp(name, "include"))
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "include"))
 		parse_configfile(value, config_cb);
 }
 
@@ -236,6 +257,7 @@ static void prepare_context(struct cgit_context *ctx)
 	ctx->cfg.cache_repo_ttl = 5;
 	ctx->cfg.cache_root = CGIT_CACHE_ROOT;
 	ctx->cfg.cache_root_ttl = 5;
+	ctx->cfg.cache_scanrc_ttl = 15;
 	ctx->cfg.cache_static_ttl = -1;
 	ctx->cfg.css = "/cgit.css";
 	ctx->cfg.logo = "/cgit.png";
@@ -253,6 +275,7 @@ static void prepare_context(struct cgit_context *ctx)
 	ctx->cfg.root_title = "Git repository browser";
 	ctx->cfg.root_desc = "a fast webinterface for the git dscm";
 	ctx->cfg.script_name = CGIT_SCRIPT_NAME;
+	ctx->cfg.section = "";
 	ctx->cfg.summary_branches = 10;
 	ctx->cfg.summary_log = 10;
 	ctx->cfg.summary_tags = 10;
@@ -417,28 +440,151 @@ int cmp_repos(const void *a, const void *b)
 	return strcmp(ra->url, rb->url);
 }
 
-void print_repo(struct cgit_repo *repo)
+char *build_snapshot_setting(int bitmap)
 {
-	printf("repo.url=%s\n", repo->url);
-	printf("repo.name=%s\n", repo->name);
-	printf("repo.path=%s\n", repo->path);
-	if (repo->owner)
-		printf("repo.owner=%s\n", repo->owner);
-	if (repo->desc)
-		printf("repo.desc=%s\n", repo->desc);
-	if (repo->readme)
-		printf("repo.readme=%s\n", repo->readme);
-	printf("\n");
+	const struct cgit_snapshot_format *f;
+	char *result = xstrdup("");
+	char *tmp;
+	int len;
+
+	for (f = cgit_snapshot_formats; f->suffix; f++) {
+		if (f->bit & bitmap) {
+			tmp = result;
+			result = xstrdup(fmt("%s%s ", tmp, f->suffix));
+			free(tmp);
+		}
+	}
+	len = strlen(result);
+	if (len)
+		result[len - 1] = '\0';
+	return result;
 }
 
-void print_repolist(struct cgit_repolist *list)
+char *get_first_line(char *txt)
+{
+	char *t = xstrdup(txt);
+	char *p = strchr(t, '\n');
+	if (p)
+		*p = '\0';
+	return t;
+}
+
+void print_repo(FILE *f, struct cgit_repo *repo)
+{
+	fprintf(f, "repo.url=%s\n", repo->url);
+	fprintf(f, "repo.name=%s\n", repo->name);
+	fprintf(f, "repo.path=%s\n", repo->path);
+	if (repo->owner)
+		fprintf(f, "repo.owner=%s\n", repo->owner);
+	if (repo->desc) {
+		char *tmp = get_first_line(repo->desc);
+		fprintf(f, "repo.desc=%s\n", tmp);
+		free(tmp);
+	}
+	if (repo->readme)
+		fprintf(f, "repo.readme=%s\n", repo->readme);
+	if (repo->defbranch)
+		fprintf(f, "repo.defbranch=%s\n", repo->defbranch);
+	if (repo->module_link)
+		fprintf(f, "repo.module-link=%s\n", repo->module_link);
+	if (repo->section)
+		fprintf(f, "repo.section=%s\n", repo->section);
+	if (repo->clone_url)
+		fprintf(f, "repo.clone-url=%s\n", repo->clone_url);
+	fprintf(f, "repo.enable-log-filecount=%d\n",
+	        repo->enable_log_filecount);
+	fprintf(f, "repo.enable-log-linecount=%d\n",
+	        repo->enable_log_linecount);
+	if (repo->about_filter && repo->about_filter != ctx.cfg.about_filter)
+		fprintf(f, "repo.about-filter=%s\n", repo->about_filter->cmd);
+	if (repo->commit_filter && repo->commit_filter != ctx.cfg.commit_filter)
+		fprintf(f, "repo.commit-filter=%s\n", repo->commit_filter->cmd);
+	if (repo->source_filter && repo->source_filter != ctx.cfg.source_filter)
+		fprintf(f, "repo.source-filter=%s\n", repo->source_filter->cmd);
+	if (repo->snapshots != ctx.cfg.snapshots) {
+		char *tmp = build_snapshot_setting(repo->snapshots);
+		fprintf(f, "repo.snapshots=%s\n", tmp);
+		free(tmp);
+	}
+	if (repo->max_stats != ctx.cfg.max_stats)
+		fprintf(f, "repo.max-stats=%s\n",
+		        cgit_find_stats_periodname(repo->max_stats));
+	fprintf(f, "\n");
+}
+
+void print_repolist(FILE *f, struct cgit_repolist *list, int start)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	for(i = 0; i < list->count; i++)
-		print_repo(&list->repos[i]);
+	for(i = start; i < list->count; i++)
+		print_repo(f, &list->repos[i]);
 }
 
+/* Scan 'path' for git repositories, save the resulting repolist in 'cached_rc'
+ * and return 0 on success.
+ */
+static int generate_cached_repolist(const char *path, const char *cached_rc)
+{
+	char *locked_rc;
+	int idx;
+	FILE *f;
+
+	locked_rc = xstrdup(fmt("%s.lock", cached_rc));
+	f = fopen(locked_rc, "wx");
+	if (!f) {
+		/* Inform about the error unless the lockfile already existed,
+		 * since that only means we've got concurrent requests.
+		 */
+		if (errno != EEXIST)
+			fprintf(stderr, "[cgit] Error opening %s: %s (%d)\n",
+				locked_rc, strerror(errno), errno);
+		return errno;
+	}
+	idx = cgit_repolist.count;
+	scan_tree(path, repo_config);
+	print_repolist(f, &cgit_repolist, idx);
+	if (rename(locked_rc, cached_rc))
+		fprintf(stderr, "[cgit] Error renaming %s to %s: %s (%d)\n",
+			locked_rc, cached_rc, strerror(errno), errno);
+	fclose(f);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void process_cached_repolist(const char *path)
+{
+	struct stat st;
+	char *cached_rc;
+	time_t age;
+
+	cached_rc = xstrdup(fmt("%s/rc-%8x", ctx.cfg.cache_root,
+		hash_str(path)));
+
+	if (stat(cached_rc, &st)) {
+		/* Nothing is cached, we need to scan without forking. And
+		 * if we fail to generate a cached repolist, we need to
+		 * invoke scan_tree manually.
+		 */
+		if (generate_cached_repolist(path, cached_rc))
+			scan_tree(path, repo_config);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	parse_configfile(cached_rc, config_cb);
+
+	/* If the cached configfile hasn't expired, lets exit now */
+	age = time(NULL) - st.st_mtime;
+	if (age <= (ctx.cfg.cache_scanrc_ttl * 60))
+		return;
+
+	/* The cached repolist has been parsed, but it was old. So lets
+	 * rescan the specified path and generate a new cached repolist
+	 * in a child-process to avoid latency for the current request.
+	 */
+	if (fork())
+		return;
+
+	exit(generate_cached_repolist(path, cached_rc));
+}
 
 static void cgit_parse_args(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
@@ -475,15 +621,26 @@ static void cgit_parse_args(int argc, const char **argv)
 		if (!strncmp(argv[i], "--ofs=", 6)) {
 			ctx.qry.ofs = atoi(argv[i]+6);
 		}
-		if (!strncmp(argv[i], "--scan-tree=", 12)) {
+		if (!strncmp(argv[i], "--scan-tree=", 12) ||
+		    !strncmp(argv[i], "--scan-path=", 12)) {
+			/* HACK: the global snapshot bitmask defines the
+			 * set of allowed snapshot formats, but the config
+			 * file hasn't been parsed yet so the mask is
+			 * currently 0. By setting all bits high before
+			 * scanning we make sure that any in-repo cgitrc
+			 * snapshot setting is respected by scan_tree().
+			 * BTW: we assume that there'll never be more than
+			 * 255 different snapshot formats supported by cgit...
+			 */
+			ctx.cfg.snapshots = 0xFF;
 			scan++;
-			scan_tree(argv[i] + 12);
+			scan_tree(argv[i] + 12, repo_config);
 		}
 	}
 	if (scan) {
 		qsort(cgit_repolist.repos, cgit_repolist.count,
 			sizeof(struct cgit_repo), cmp_repos);
-		print_repolist(&cgit_repolist);
+		print_repolist(stdout, &cgit_repolist, 0);
 		exit(0);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cgit.css b/cgit.css
index ebf3322..c47ebc9 100644
--- a/cgit.css
+++ b/cgit.css
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ table.diff td div.del {
 	text-align: right;
 }
 
-table.list td.repogroup {
+table.list td.reposection {
 	font-style: italic;
 	color: #888;
 }
diff --git a/cgit.h b/cgit.h
index a20679a..6c6c460 100644
--- a/cgit.h
+++ b/cgit.h
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ struct cgit_repo {
 	char *desc;
 	char *owner;
 	char *defbranch;
-	char *group;
 	char *module_link;
 	char *readme;
+	char *section;
 	char *clone_url;
 	int snapshots;
 	int enable_log_filecount;
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ struct cgit_repo {
 	struct cgit_filter *source_filter;
 };
 
+typedef void (*repo_config_fn)(struct cgit_repo *repo, const char *name,
+	      const char *value);
+
 struct cgit_repolist {
 	int length;
 	int count;
@@ -156,20 +159,22 @@ struct cgit_config {
 	char *logo;
 	char *logo_link;
 	char *module_link;
-	char *repo_group;
 	char *robots;
 	char *root_title;
 	char *root_desc;
 	char *root_readme;
 	char *script_name;
+	char *section;
 	char *virtual_root;
 	int cache_size;
 	int cache_dynamic_ttl;
 	int cache_max_create_time;
 	int cache_repo_ttl;
 	int cache_root_ttl;
+	int cache_scanrc_ttl;
 	int cache_static_ttl;
 	int embedded;
+	int enable_filter_overrides;
 	int enable_index_links;
 	int enable_log_filecount;
 	int enable_log_linecount;
diff --git a/cgitrc.5.txt b/cgitrc.5.txt
index 3b16db9..4dc383d 100644
--- a/cgitrc.5.txt
+++ b/cgitrc.5.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ cache-root-ttl::
 	Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the cached
 	version of the repository index page. Default value: "5".
 
+cache-scanrc-ttl::
+	Number which specifies the time-to-live, in minutes, for the result
+	of scanning a path for git repositories. Default value: "15".
+
 cache-size::
 	The maximum number of entries in the cgit cache. Default value: "0"
 	(i.e. caching is disabled).
@@ -84,6 +88,10 @@ embedded::
 	suitable for embedding in other html pages. Default value: none. See
 	also: "noheader".
 	
+enable-filter-overrides::
+	Flag which, when set to "1", allows all filter settings to be
+	overridden in repository-specific cgitrc files. Default value: none.
+
 enable-index-links::
 	Flag which, when set to "1", will make cgit generate extra links for
 	each repo in the repository index (specifically, to the "summary",
@@ -200,8 +208,8 @@ renamelimit::
 	  `man git-diff`). Default value: "-1".
 
 repo.group::
-	A value for the current repository group, which all repositories
-	specified after this setting will inherit. Default value: none.
+	Legacy alias for "section". This option is deprecated and will not be
+	supported in cgit-1.0.
 
 robots::
 	Text used as content for the "robots" meta-tag. Default value:
@@ -220,6 +228,16 @@ root-title::
 	Text printed as heading on the repository index page. Default value:
 	"Git Repository Browser".
 
+scan-path::
+	A path which will be scanned for repositories. If caching is enabled,
+	the result will be cached as a cgitrc include-file in the cache
+	directory. Default value: none. See also: cache-scanrc-ttl.
+
+section::
+	The name of the current repository section - all repositories defined
+	after this option will inherit the current section name. Default value:
+	none.
+
 snapshots::
 	Text which specifies the default set of snapshot formats generated by
 	cgit. The value is a space-separated list of zero or more of the
@@ -256,14 +274,16 @@ virtual-root::
 REPOSITORY SETTINGS
 -------------------
 repo.about-filter::
-	Override the default about-filter. Default value: <about-filter>.
+	Override the default about-filter. Default value: none. See also:
+	"enable-filter-overrides".
 
 repo.clone-url::
 	A list of space-separated urls which can be used to clone this repo.
 	Default value: none.
 
 repo.commit-filter::
-	Override the default commit-filter. Default value: <commit-filter>.
+	Override the default commit-filter. Default value: none. See also:
+	"enable-filter-overrides".
 
 repo.defbranch::
 	The name of the default branch for this repository. If no such branch
@@ -305,14 +325,32 @@ repo.snapshots::
 	A mask of allowed snapshot-formats for this repo, restricted by the
 	"snapshots" global setting. Default value: <snapshots>.
 
+repo.section::
+	Override the current section name for this repository. Default value:
+	none.
+
 repo.source-filter::
-	Override the default source-filter. Default value: <source-filter>.
+	Override the default source-filter. Default value: none. See also:
+	"enable-filter-overrides".
 
 repo.url::
 	The relative url used to access the repository. This must be the first
 	setting specified for each repo. Default value: none.
 
 
+REPOSITORY-SPECIFIC CGITRC FILE
+-------------------------------
+When the option "scan-path" is used to auto-discover git repositories, cgit
+will try to parse the file "cgitrc" within any found repository. Such a
+repo-specific config file may contain any of the repo-specific options
+described above, except "repo.url" and "repo.path". Additionally, the "filter"
+options are only acknowledged in repo-specific config files when
+"enable-filter-overrides" is set to "1".
+
+Note: the "repo." prefix is dropped from the option names in repo-specific
+config files, e.g. "repo.desc" becomes "desc".
+
+
 EXAMPLE CGITRC FILE
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/scan-tree.c b/scan-tree.c
index 4da21a4..dbca797 100644
--- a/scan-tree.c
+++ b/scan-tree.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "cgit.h"
+#include "configfile.h"
 #include "html.h"
 
 #define MAX_PATH 4096
@@ -35,9 +36,16 @@ static int is_git_dir(const char *path)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static void add_repo(const char *base, const char *path)
+struct cgit_repo *repo;
+repo_config_fn config_fn;
+
+static void repo_config(const char *name, const char *value)
+{
+	config_fn(repo, name, value);
+}
+
+static void add_repo(const char *base, const char *path, repo_config_fn fn)
 {
-	struct cgit_repo *repo;
 	struct stat st;
 	struct passwd *pwd;
 	char *p;
@@ -76,9 +84,15 @@ static void add_repo(const char *base, const char *path)
 	p = fmt("%s/README.html", path);
 	if (!stat(p, &st))
 		repo->readme = "README.html";
+
+	p = fmt("%s/cgitrc", path);
+	if (!stat(p, &st)) {
+		config_fn = fn;
+		parse_configfile(xstrdup(p), &repo_config);
+	}
 }
 
-static void scan_path(const char *base, const char *path)
+static void scan_path(const char *base, const char *path, repo_config_fn fn)
 {
 	DIR *dir;
 	struct dirent *ent;
@@ -86,7 +100,11 @@ static void scan_path(const char *base, const char *path)
 	struct stat st;
 
 	if (is_git_dir(path)) {
-		add_repo(base, path);
+		add_repo(base, path, fn);
+		return;
+	}
+	if (is_git_dir(fmt("%s/.git", path))) {
+		add_repo(base, fmt("%s/.git", path), fn);
 		return;
 	}
 	dir = opendir(path);
@@ -116,13 +134,13 @@ static void scan_path(const char *base, const char *path)
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
-			scan_path(base, buf);
+			scan_path(base, buf, fn);
 		free(buf);
 	}
 	closedir(dir);
 }
 
-void scan_tree(const char *path)
+void scan_tree(const char *path, repo_config_fn fn)
 {
-	scan_path(path, path);
+	scan_path(path, path, fn);
 }
diff --git a/scan-tree.h b/scan-tree.h
index b103b16..11539f4 100644
--- a/scan-tree.h
+++ b/scan-tree.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 
 
-extern void scan_tree(const char *path);
+extern void scan_tree(const char *path, repo_config_fn fn);
diff --git a/shared.c b/shared.c
index 4cb9573..d7b2d5a 100644
--- a/shared.c
+++ b/shared.c
@@ -48,12 +48,13 @@ struct cgit_repo *cgit_add_repo(const char *url)
 	}
 
 	ret = &cgit_repolist.repos[cgit_repolist.count-1];
+	memset(ret, 0, sizeof(struct cgit_repo));
 	ret->url = trim_end(url, '/');
 	ret->name = ret->url;
 	ret->path = NULL;
 	ret->desc = "[no description]";
 	ret->owner = NULL;
-	ret->group = ctx.cfg.repo_group;
+	ret->section = ctx.cfg.section;
 	ret->defbranch = "master";
 	ret->snapshots = ctx.cfg.snapshots;
 	ret->enable_log_filecount = ctx.cfg.enable_log_filecount;
diff --git a/ui-repolist.c b/ui-repolist.c
index 7c7aa9b..3ef2e99 100644
--- a/ui-repolist.c
+++ b/ui-repolist.c
@@ -136,6 +136,18 @@ static int cmp(const char *s1, const char *s2)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int sort_section(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	const struct cgit_repo *r1 = a;
+	const struct cgit_repo *r2 = b;
+	int result;
+
+	result = cmp(r1->section, r2->section);
+	if (!result)
+		result = cmp(r1->name, r2->name);
+	return result;
+}
+
 static int sort_name(const void *a, const void *b)
 {
 	const struct cgit_repo *r1 = a;
@@ -178,6 +190,7 @@ struct sortcolumn {
 };
 
 struct sortcolumn sortcolumn[] = {
+	{"section", sort_section},
 	{"name", sort_name},
 	{"desc", sort_desc},
 	{"owner", sort_owner},
@@ -203,7 +216,8 @@ int sort_repolist(char *field)
 void cgit_print_repolist()
 {
 	int i, columns = 4, hits = 0, header = 0;
-	char *last_group = NULL;
+	char *last_section = NULL;
+	char *section;
 	int sorted = 0;
 
 	if (ctx.cfg.enable_index_links)
@@ -219,6 +233,8 @@ void cgit_print_repolist()
 
 	if(ctx.qry.sort)
 		sorted = sort_repolist(ctx.qry.sort);
+	else
+		sort_repolist("section");
 
 	html("<table summary='repository list' class='list nowrap'>");
 	for (i=0; i<cgit_repolist.count; i++) {
@@ -232,19 +248,22 @@ void cgit_print_repolist()
 			continue;
 		if (!header++)
 			print_header(columns);
+		section = ctx.repo->section;
+		if (section && !strcmp(section, ""))
+			section = NULL;
 		if (!sorted &&
-		    ((last_group == NULL && ctx.repo->group != NULL) ||
-		    (last_group != NULL && ctx.repo->group == NULL) ||
-		    (last_group != NULL && ctx.repo->group != NULL &&
-		     strcmp(ctx.repo->group, last_group)))) {
-			htmlf("<tr class='nohover'><td colspan='%d' class='repogroup'>",
+		    ((last_section == NULL && section != NULL) ||
+		    (last_section != NULL && section == NULL) ||
+		    (last_section != NULL && section != NULL &&
+		     strcmp(section, last_section)))) {
+			htmlf("<tr class='nohover'><td colspan='%d' class='reposection'>",
 			      columns);
-			html_txt(ctx.repo->group);
+			html_txt(section);
 			html("</td></tr>");
-			last_group = ctx.repo->group;
+			last_section = section;
 		}
 		htmlf("<tr><td class='%s'>",
-		      !sorted && ctx.repo->group ? "sublevel-repo" : "toplevel-repo");
+		      !sorted && section ? "sublevel-repo" : "toplevel-repo");
 		cgit_summary_link(ctx.repo->name, ctx.repo->name, NULL, NULL);
 		html("</td><td>");
 		html_link_open(cgit_repourl(ctx.repo->url), NULL, NULL);
diff --git a/ui-stats.c b/ui-stats.c
index 9fc06d3..bdaf9cc 100644
--- a/ui-stats.c
+++ b/ui-stats.c
@@ -154,6 +154,14 @@ int cgit_find_stats_period(const char *expr, struct cgit_period **period)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+const char *cgit_find_stats_periodname(int idx)
+{
+	if (idx > 0 && idx < 4)
+		return periods[idx - 1].name;
+	else
+		return "";
+}
+
 static void add_commit(struct string_list *authors, struct commit *commit,
 	struct cgit_period *period)
 {
diff --git a/ui-stats.h b/ui-stats.h
index 4f13dba..f0761ba 100644
--- a/ui-stats.h
+++ b/ui-stats.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ struct cgit_period {
 };
 
 extern int cgit_find_stats_period(const char *expr, struct cgit_period **period);
+extern const char *cgit_find_stats_periodname(int idx);
 
 extern void cgit_show_stats(struct cgit_context *ctx);