diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4ce729e..8f26c32 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Project heavily inspired by the amazing
 - [ ] Add a base url to avoid relative links if provided.
 - [X] Generate the index html file for the `index` subcommand.
 - [X] Generate the log html file for a repository.
-- [ ] Detect and link README, LICENSE and CONTRIBUTING files.
+- [X] Detect and link README, LICENSE and CONTRIBUTING files.
 - [X] Generate the files html file and file structure.
 - [ ] Generate the refs html file.
 - [X] Add a proper CLI parsing and subcommands.
diff --git a/gitssg.go b/gitssg.go
index f2e03c4..f70b546 100644
--- a/gitssg.go
+++ b/gitssg.go
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ type RepoDir struct {
 
 // ToDo: replace has* with the filename, as it can be bare or .md
 type RepoInfo struct {
-	Name            string
-	Description     string
-	Url             string
-	HasReadme       bool
-	HasLicense      bool
-	HasContributing bool
+	Name         string
+	Description  string
+	Url          string
+	Readme       string
+	License      string
+	Contributing string
 }
 
 type CommitFile struct {
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ type CommitInfo struct {
 var embedTmpl embed.FS
 var timeShortFormatStr = "2006-01-02 15:04"
 var timeLongFormatStr = time.RFC1123
+var readmeNames = []string{"README", "README.md", "README.txt"}
+var licenseNames = []string{"LICENSE", "LICENSE.txt"}
+var contributingNames = []string{"CONTRIBUTING", "CONTRIBUTING.txt"}
 var funcMap = template.FuncMap{
 	"inc": func(i int) int {
 		return i + 1
@@ -78,16 +81,16 @@ var funcMap = template.FuncMap{
 		menu += " | <a href=\"" + relpath + "files.html\">Files</a>"
 		menu += " | <a href=\"" + relpath + "refs.html\">Refs</a>"
 
-		if repoInfo.HasReadme {
-			menu += "| <a href=\"" + relpath + "file/README.html\">README</a>"
+		if repoInfo.Readme != "" {
+			menu += " | <a href=\"" + relpath + "file/" + repoInfo.Readme + ".html\">README</a>"
 		}
 
-		if repoInfo.HasLicense {
-			menu += "| <a href=\"" + relpath + "file/LICENSE.html\">LICENSE</a>"
+		if repoInfo.License != "" {
+			menu += " | <a href=\"" + relpath + "file/" + repoInfo.License + ".html\">LICENSE</a>"
 		}
 
-		if repoInfo.HasContributing {
-			menu += "| <a href=\"" + relpath + "file/CONTRIBUTING.html\">CONTRIBUTING</a>"
+		if repoInfo.Contributing != "" {
+			menu += " | <a href=\"" + relpath + "file/" + repoInfo.Contributing + ".html\">CONTRIBUTING</a>"
 		}
 
 		return template.HTML(menu)
@@ -271,7 +274,27 @@ func generateRepo(path string, logLimit int) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot get commit for hash %s: %w", head.Hash(), err)
 	}
 
-	// ToDo: populate hasReadme, hasLicense and hasContributing
+	// populate Readme, License and Contributing
+	for _, name := range readmeNames {
+		if _, err := c.File(name); err == nil {
+			repoInfo.Readme = name
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, name := range licenseNames {
+		if _, err := c.File(name); err == nil {
+			repoInfo.License = name
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, name := range contributingNames {
+		if _, err := c.File(name); err == nil {
+			repoInfo.Contributing = name
+			break
+		}
+	}
 
 	tree, err := c.Tree()
 	if err != nil {