Show the default "default branch" in the API for empty projects
What does this MR do?
Where someone has configured a default branch, it's confusing for the API to return nil
for empty projects here. It also makes it difficult for them to build automation around arbitrary default branches.
Returning the expected default branch name should resolve these issues.
This change only affects projects with no repository, or an empty repository. Currently we return nil
in those cases, but it's easy to return the value that the default branch would be, if it exists, since we store that in the database (a value like main
, master
, or develop
, for instance. It may be configured at group or instance level). It's accessible as project.default_branch_or_main
.
Does this MR meet the acceptance criteria?
Conformity
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This change is backwards compatible across updates, or this does not apply.
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I have informed the Infrastructure department of a default or new setting change per definition of done, or it's not needed.
Related to #330622 (closed)
Edited by Nick Thomas