What does this MR do and why?

Contributes to #452488 (closed)

Problem

gitaly!6590 (merged) introduced a bug that was raising a listing commits error if the repository was empty.

I fixed it by adding an error handler for this error: Fix 500 error in Commits API when the repositor... (!148405 - merged)

Solution

This original bug was fixed on Gitaly side: gitaly!6801 (merged). The Rails patch is not necessary anymore.

MR acceptance checklist

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How to set up and validate locally

1. Create a project with an empty repository (without README.md)
2. Visit http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/v4/projects/<project_id>/repository/commits
3. You should see an empty array response instead of an internal error.