Pre-fill suggested New File 'name' and 'content' with Query Params

[coolaj86]

Re: #16398

Use the same GET as the "New File" link, as seen here:

And allow 3rd-party frontends to append ?filename=x&value=y to pre-populate the form:

See also: Screen Capture Demo.

Pre-Fill New File Name & Contents w/ Query Params

If you'd like to open the New File page with suggested name and contents,
you can do so with the filename and value query parameters (just like GitHub):

GET /{{org}}/{{repo}}/_new/{{filepath}}
    ?filename={{filename}}
    &value={{content}}

For example:

GET https://git.example.com/johndoe/bliss/_new/articles/
    ?filename=hello-world.md
    &value=Hello%2C%20World!

This mirrors the documented behavior of Github, and fixes the known bug. Gist will also have this feature soon.

For Integration with File Templates

This allows you to use File Templating tools such as Bliss - which allows you to create blog articles, with FrontMatter, for Static Site blogs - acting as a de facto frontend for such platforms.

Test Binary

# Install Go
curl -sS https://webinstall.dev/golang | bash

# Clone Repo and Build
git clone https://github.com/coolaj86/gitea

pushd ./gitea

git checkout bliss

TAGS="bindata sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify" make build

• Pre-built: https://coolaj86.com/gitea-linux-v1.15-rc2-bliss.zip

[lunny]

Re: #16398

• Screen Capture Demo

Pre-Fill New File Name & Contents w/ Query Params

If you'd like to create a new file with a given name and contents,
you can do so with query parameters:

GET /{{org}}/{{repo}}/_new/{{filepath}}
    ?filename={{filename}}
    &value={{content}}

For example:

GET https://git.example.com/johndoe/bliss/_new/articles/
    ?filename=hello-world.md
    &value=Hello%2C%20World!

To create or update a file, GET is not a suitable method.

[techknowlogick]

To create or update a file, GET is not a suitable method.

@lunny this won't create the file, it will only pre-fill the textarea to suggest content. The user will need to hit "Submit" to do a POST and then the file will be created.

[6543]

I still think we should have a ctx.Query who do action on query of url directly but this is not the scope of this pull

[6543]

@coolaj86 did revert your comment since we should do this in #16562 :)

[6543]

sorry to hold you back but ...

[6543]

... it works all right beside you have to edit the filename box in UI to enable the Commit Changes button :/

beside that it's good to go

[coolaj86]

@6543 It looks like you already pushed a commit to revert it?

I see "1 change requested", but I don't see what change is request.

[6543]

@coolaj86 happy blogging :)