From efa3f4e2b2a53d659715d3ec500cbd6821e70dff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gabor Pihaj <gabor.pihaj@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 May 2026 14:02:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: prevent default git templates to be created (#12335)

Prevent examples hooks, description file, and other files from the default template to be created during git init.

Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/pulls/12335
Reviewed-by: Otto <otto@codeberg.org>
---
 modules/git/repo.go      |  2 ++
 modules/git/repo_test.go | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 release-notes/12335.md   |  1 +
 3 files changed, 50 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 release-notes/12335.md

diff --git a/modules/git/repo.go b/modules/git/repo.go
index 8f9b95f1f2..47d65dcf69 100644
--- a/modules/git/repo.go
+++ b/modules/git/repo.go
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ func InitRepository(ctx context.Context, repoPath string, bare bool, objectForma
 	}
 
 	cmd := NewCommand(ctx, "init")
+	// Set template to an empty string so that example hooks, and other info files are not created
+	cmd.AddArguments("--template", "")
 
 	if !IsValidObjectFormat(objectFormatName) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid object format: %s", objectFormatName)
diff --git a/modules/git/repo_test.go b/modules/git/repo_test.go
index 8cdb63c3b2..a755666fbf 100644
--- a/modules/git/repo_test.go
+++ b/modules/git/repo_test.go
@@ -117,3 +117,50 @@ func TestCloneCredentials(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err = os.Stat(credentialsFile)
 	require.ErrorIs(t, err, fs.ErrNotExist)
 }
+
+func TestInitRepositoryWithNoTemplates(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string // description of this test case
+		// Named input parameters for target function.
+		bare             bool
+		objectFormatName string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:             "Bare sha1 repo",
+			bare:             true,
+			objectFormatName: Sha1ObjectFormat.Name(),
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "Non-bare sha1 repo",
+			bare:             false,
+			objectFormatName: Sha1ObjectFormat.Name(),
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "Bare sha256 repo",
+			bare:             true,
+			objectFormatName: Sha256ObjectFormat.Name(),
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "Non-bare sha256 repo",
+			bare:             false,
+			objectFormatName: Sha256ObjectFormat.Name(),
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			repoPath := t.TempDir()
+
+			err := InitRepository(t.Context(), repoPath, tt.bare, tt.objectFormatName)
+			require.NoError(t, err, "couldn't init repository")
+
+			_, err = os.Stat(repoPath + "/hooks")
+			require.ErrorIs(t, err, os.ErrNotExist, "hooks directory shouldn't exist")
+
+			_, err = os.Stat(repoPath + "/description")
+			require.ErrorIs(t, err, os.ErrNotExist, "description file shouldn't exist")
+
+			_, err = os.Stat(repoPath + "/info")
+			require.ErrorIs(t, err, os.ErrNotExist, "info directory shouldn't exist")
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/release-notes/12335.md b/release-notes/12335.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c45739a6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-notes/12335.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+feat: prevent default git templates to be created when initialising a new repository. Migration guide is available in [Admin docs](https://forgejo.org/docs/latest/admin/upgrade/#when-upgrading-from--known-problematic-versions-or-upgrade-paths).