From eb95462c1a3388ac875b1bb2100f5e982d9dbed3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RhodeCode Admin <admin@rhodecode.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2021 08:24:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] files: escape special chars for metadata loading to prevent
 breaking url with chars like #, <.

- fixes #5672
---
 rhodecode/lib/helpers.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py b/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
index 5d586b02..7b454ecb 100644
--- a/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
@@ -337,11 +337,13 @@ def files_breadcrumbs(repo_name, repo_type, commit_id, file_path, landing_ref_na
 
 
 def files_url_data(request):
+    import urllib
     matchdict = request.matchdict
 
     if 'f_path' not in matchdict:
         matchdict['f_path'] = ''
-
+    else:
+        matchdict['f_path'] = urllib.quote(matchdict['f_path'])
     if 'commit_id' not in matchdict:
         matchdict['commit_id'] = 'tip'