add additional logic in unpushed commit listing to consider all local commits as unpushed when the remote has no commits (resolves #101)

Author: neel1996

git/git_repo_validate.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package git
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
+	"github.com/neel1996/gitconvex-server/global"
 	"go/types"
 	"os"
 )
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ func RepoValidator(repoPath string) (string, error) {
 
 	_, headErr := repo.Head()
 	if headErr != nil {
-		return "", types.Error{Msg: "The selected folder is not a valid git repo"}
+		logger.Log(fmt.Sprintf("Mind that the repo has no HEAD and a fresh commit is required -> %s", headErr.Error()), global.StatusWarning)
 	}
 
 	return "Repo is valid!", nil

git/git_unpushed_commits.go

@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ func UnPushedCommits(repo *git.Repository, remoteRef string) []*string {
 	revHash, _ := repo.ResolveRevision(plumbing.Revision(remoteRef))
 	remoteCommit, _ := repo.CommitObject(*revHash)
 
+	// Retuning nil commit response if repo has no HEAD
 	head, _ := repo.Head()
-
 	if head == nil {
 		return nilCommit()
 	}
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ func UnPushedCommits(repo *git.Repository, remoteRef string) []*string {
 				logger.Log("Commit object is nil", global.StatusError)
 				return types.Error{Msg: "Commit object is nil"}
 			}
+
+			// If the remote branch has no commits to compare, then the first local commit will be returned
+			if remoteCommit == nil {
+				commitString := commitModel(*commit)
+				logger.Log(fmt.Sprintf("New commit available for pushing to remote -> %s", commitString), global.StatusInfo)
+				commitArray = append(commitArray, &commitString)
+				return nil
+			}
 			if commit.Hash == remoteCommit.Hash {
 				logger.Log(fmt.Sprintf("Same commits found in remote and local trees -> %s", commit.Hash.String()), global.StatusInfo)
 				return types.Error{Msg: "Same commit"}