Use gitrepo.GetTreePathLatestCommit to get file lastest commit instead from latest commit cache

modules/git/tree.go

@@ -62,3 +62,14 @@ func (repo *Repository) LsTree(ref string, filenames ...string) ([]string, error
 
 	return filelist, err
 }
+
+// GetTreePathLatestCommitID returns the latest commit ID of a tree path
+func (repo *Repository) GetTreePathLatestCommitID(refName, treePath string) (string, error) {
+	stdout, _, err := NewCommand(repo.Ctx, "rev-list", "-1").
+		AddDynamicArguments(refName).AddArguments("--").AddDynamicArguments(treePath).
+		RunStdString(&RunOpts{Dir: repo.Path})
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return stdout, nil
+}

modules/gitrepo/tree_path.go

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package gitrepo
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/git"
+)
+
+func GetTreePathLatestCommit(ctx context.Context, repo Repository, refName, treePath string) (*git.Commit, error) {
+	gitRepo, closer, err := RepositoryFromContextOrOpen(ctx, repo)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer closer.Close()
+
+	latestCommitID, err := gitRepo.GetTreePathLatestCommitID(refName, treePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return gitRepo.GetCommit(latestCommitID)
+}

modules/gitrepo/tree_path_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package gitrepo_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	repo_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/repo"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/unittest"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/gitrepo"
+
+	_ "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/actions"
+	_ "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/activities"
+	_ "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/perm/access"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	unittest.MainTest(m)
+}
+
+func Test_GetTreePathLatestCommit(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.NoError(t, unittest.PrepareTestDatabase())
+
+	repo := unittest.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &repo_model.Repository{ID: 2})
+	commitID, err := gitrepo.GetBranchCommitID(context.Background(), repo, repo.DefaultBranch)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, "1032bbf17fbc0d9c95bb5418dabe8f8c99278700", commitID)
+
+	commit, err := gitrepo.GetTreePathLatestCommit(context.Background(), repo, repo.DefaultBranch, "Home.md")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotNil(t, commit)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, "2c54faec6c45d31c1abfaecdab471eac6633738a", commit.ID.String())
+}

routers/api/v1/repo/file.go

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
-	"path"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -242,19 +241,14 @@ func getBlobForEntry(ctx *context.APIContext) (blob *git.Blob, entry *git.TreeEn
 		return nil, nil, nil
 	}
 
-	info, _, err := git.Entries([]*git.TreeEntry{entry}).GetCommitsInfo(ctx, ctx.Repo.Commit, path.Dir("/" + ctx.Repo.TreePath)[1:])
+	latestCommit, err := gitrepo.GetTreePathLatestCommit(ctx, ctx.Repo.Repository, ctx.Repo.Commit.ID.String(), ctx.Repo.TreePath)
 	if err != nil {
-		ctx.Error(http.StatusInternalServerError, "GetCommitsInfo", err)
+		ctx.Error(http.StatusInternalServerError, "GetTreePathLatestCommit", err)
 		return nil, nil, nil
 	}
+	when := &latestCommit.Committer.When
 
-	if len(info) == 1 {
-		// Not Modified
-		lastModified = &info[0].Commit.Committer.When
-	}
-	blob = entry.Blob()
-
-	return blob, entry, lastModified
+	return entry.Blob(), entry, when
 }
 
 // GetArchive get archive of a repository

routers/web/repo/download.go

@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 package repo
 
 import (
-	"path"
 	"time"
 
 	git_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/git"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/git"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/gitrepo"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/httpcache"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/lfs"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func ServeBlobOrLFS(ctx *context.Context, blob *git.Blob, lastModified *time.Tim
 	return common.ServeBlob(ctx.Base, ctx.Repo.TreePath, blob, lastModified)
 }
 
-func getBlobForEntry(ctx *context.Context) (blob *git.Blob, lastModified *time.Time) {
+func getBlobForEntry(ctx *context.Context) (*git.Blob, *time.Time) {
 	entry, err := ctx.Repo.Commit.GetTreeEntryByPath(ctx.Repo.TreePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		if git.IsErrNotExist(err) {
@@ -98,19 +98,14 @@ func getBlobForEntry(ctx *context.Context) (blob *git.Blob, lastModified *time.T
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
-	info, _, err := git.Entries([]*git.TreeEntry{entry}).GetCommitsInfo(ctx, ctx.Repo.Commit, path.Dir("/" + ctx.Repo.TreePath)[1:])
+	latestCommit, err := gitrepo.GetTreePathLatestCommit(ctx, ctx.Repo.Repository, ctx.Repo.Commit.ID.String(), ctx.Repo.TreePath)
 	if err != nil {
-		ctx.ServerError("GetCommitsInfo", err)
+		ctx.ServerError("GetTreePathLatestCommit", err)
 		return nil, nil
 	}
+	lastModified := &latestCommit.Committer.When
 
-	if len(info) == 1 {
-		// Not Modified
-		lastModified = &info[0].Commit.Committer.When
-	}
-	blob = entry.Blob()
-
-	return blob, lastModified
+	return entry.Blob(), lastModified
 }
 
 // SingleDownload download a file by repos path