Fix bug of branch/tag selector in the issue sidebar

models/issues/issue.go

@@ -125,8 +125,11 @@ type Issue struct {
 	IsPull            bool             `xorm:"INDEX"` // Indicates whether is a pull request or not.
 	PullRequest       *PullRequest     `xorm:"-"`
 	NumComments       int
-	Ref               string
-	PinOrder          int `xorm:"DEFAULT 0"`
+
+	// TODO: RemoveIssueRef: see "repo/issue/branch_selector_field.tmpl"
+	Ref string
+
+	PinOrder int `xorm:"DEFAULT 0"`
 
 	DeadlineUnix timeutil.TimeStamp `xorm:"INDEX"`
 

templates/repo/issue/branch_selector_field.tmpl

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+{{/* TODO: RemoveIssueRef: the Issue.Ref will be removed in 1.24 or 1.25 if no end user really uses it.
+The Issue.Ref was added by Add possibility to record branch or tag information in an issue (#780)
+After 8 years, this "branch selector" does nothing more than saving the branch/tag name into database and displays it.
+So there is a plan to remove it:
+* Only hide it from the UI in 1.23, and collect feedbacks.
+* If nobody complains and explains how to use it, remove code and drop database column in next release.
+*/}}
 {{if and (not .Issue.IsPull) (not .PageIsComparePull)}}
 <input id="ref_selector" name="ref" type="hidden" value="{{.Reference}}">
 <div class="ui dropdown select-branch branch-selector-dropdown ellipsis-items-nowrap {{if not .HasIssuesOrPullsWritePermission}}disabled{{end}}"

templates/repo/issue/new_form.tmpl

@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@
 	</div>
 
 	<div class="issue-content-right ui segment">
-		{{template "repo/issue/branch_selector_field" $}}
+		{{/* TODO: RemoveIssueRef: template "repo/issue/branch_selector_field" $*/}}
+
 		{{if .PageIsComparePull}}
 			{{template "repo/issue/sidebar/reviewer_list" $.IssuePageMetaData}}
 			<div class="divider"></div>

templates/repo/issue/view_content/sidebar.tmpl

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <div class="issue-content-right ui segment">
-	{{template "repo/issue/branch_selector_field" $}}
+	{{/* TODO: RemoveIssueRef: template "repo/issue/branch_selector_field" $*/}}
 
 	{{if .Issue.IsPull}}
 		{{template "repo/issue/sidebar/reviewer_list" $.IssuePageMetaData}}

templates/shared/issuelist.tmpl

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 							<span class="gt-ellipsis">{{.Project.Title}}</span>
 						</a>
 					{{end}}
-					{{if .Ref}}
+					{{if and false .Ref}}{{/* TODO: RemoveIssueRef: see "repo/issue/branch_selector_field.tmpl" */}}
 						<a class="ref flex-text-inline tw-max-w-[300px]" {{if $.RepoLink}}href="{{index $.IssueRefURLs .ID}}"{{else}}href="{{.Repo.Link}}{{index $.IssueRefURLs .ID}}"{{end}}>
 							{{svg "octicon-git-branch" 14}}
 							<span class="gt-ellipsis">{{index $.IssueRefEndNames .ID}}</span>

web_src/js/features/repo-issue-sidebar.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {queryElems, toggleElem} from '../utils/dom.ts';
 import {initIssueSidebarComboList} from './repo-issue-sidebar-combolist.ts';
 
 function initBranchSelector() {
+  // TODO: RemoveIssueRef: see "repo/issue/branch_selector_field.tmpl"
   const elSelectBranch = document.querySelector('.ui.dropdown.select-branch');
   if (!elSelectBranch) return;