Refactor some file edit related code

modules/optional/option.go

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ package optional
 
 import "strconv"
 
+// Option is a generic type that can hold a value of type T or be empty (None).
+//
+// It must use the slice type to work with "chi" form values binding:
+// * non-existing value are represented as an empty slice (None)
+// * existing value is represented as a slice with one element (Some)
+// * multiple values are represented as a slice with multiple elements (Some), the Value is the first element (not well-defined in this case)
 type Option[T any] []T
 
 func None[T any]() Option[T] {

routers/web/repo/editor.go

@@ -288,13 +288,20 @@ func editFilePost(ctx *context.Context, form forms.EditRepoFileForm, isNewFile b
 		return
 	}
 
-	operation := "update"
+	var operation string
 	if isNewFile {
 		operation = "create"
-	} else if !form.Content.Has() && ctx.Repo.TreePath != form.TreePath {
-		// The form content only has data if file is representable as text, is not too large and not in lfs. If it doesn't
-		// have data, the only possible operation is a rename
+	} else if form.Content.Has() {
+		// The form content only has data if the file is representable as text, is not too large and not in lfs.
+		operation = "update"
+	} else if ctx.Repo.TreePath != form.TreePath {
+		// If it doesn't have data, the only possible operation is a "rename"
 		operation = "rename"
+	} else {
+		// It should never happen, just in case
+		ctx.Flash.Error(ctx.Tr("error.occurred"))
+		ctx.HTML(http.StatusOK, tplEditFile)
+		return
 	}
 
 	if _, err := files_service.ChangeRepoFiles(ctx, ctx.Repo.Repository, ctx.Doer, &files_service.ChangeRepoFilesOptions{

services/packages/cargo/index.go

@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ func alterRepositoryContent(ctx context.Context, doer *user_model.User, repo *re
 }
 
 func writeObjectToIndex(ctx context.Context, t *files_service.TemporaryUploadRepository, path string, r io.Reader) error {
-	hash, err := t.HashObject(ctx, r)
+	hash, err := t.HashObjectAndWrite(ctx, r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

services/repository/files/diff.go

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func GetDiffPreview(ctx context.Context, repo *repo_model.Repository, branch, tr
 	}
 
 	// Add the object to the database
-	objectHash, err := t.HashObject(ctx, strings.NewReader(content))
+	objectHash, err := t.HashObjectAndWrite(ctx, strings.NewReader(content))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

services/repository/files/temp_repo.go

@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ func (t *TemporaryUploadRepository) RemoveFilesFromIndex(ctx context.Context, fi
 	return nil
 }
 
-// HashObject writes the provided content to the object db and returns its hash
-func (t *TemporaryUploadRepository) HashObject(ctx context.Context, content io.Reader) (string, error) {
+// HashObjectAndWrite writes the provided content to the object db and returns its hash
+func (t *TemporaryUploadRepository) HashObjectAndWrite(ctx context.Context, content io.Reader) (string, error) {
 	stdOut := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	stdErr := new(bytes.Buffer)