Fix git empty check and HEAD request

routers/web/repo/githttp.go

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func httpBase(ctx *context.Context) *serviceHandler {
 		strings.HasSuffix(ctx.Req.URL.Path, "git-upload-archive") {
 		isPull = true
 	} else {
-		isPull = ctx.Req.Method == "GET"
+		isPull = ctx.Req.Method == "HEAD" || ctx.Req.Method == "GET"
 	}
 
 	var accessMode perm.AccessMode

services/context/api.go

@@ -291,6 +291,11 @@ func RepoRefForAPI(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		ctx := GetAPIContext(req)
 
+		if ctx.Repo.Repository.IsEmpty {
+			ctx.APIErrorNotFound("repository is empty")
+			return
+		}
+
 		if ctx.Repo.GitRepo == nil {
 			ctx.APIErrorInternal(fmt.Errorf("no open git repo"))
 			return

tests/integration/empty_repo_test.go

@@ -60,12 +60,20 @@ func TestEmptyRepoAddFile(t *testing.T) {
 	defer tests.PrepareTestEnv(t)()
 
 	session := loginUser(t, "user30")
+	token := getTokenForLoggedInUser(t, session, auth_model.AccessTokenScopeReadRepository)
+
+	// test web page
 	req := NewRequest(t, "GET", "/user30/empty")
 	resp := session.MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
 	bodyString := resp.Body.String()
 	assert.Contains(t, bodyString, "empty-repo-guide")
 	assert.True(t, test.IsNormalPageCompleted(bodyString))
 
+	// test api
+	req = NewRequest(t, "GET", "/api/v1/repos/user30/empty/raw/main/README.md").AddTokenAuth(token)
+	session.MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusNotFound)
+
+	// create a new file
 	req = NewRequest(t, "GET", "/user30/empty/_new/"+setting.Repository.DefaultBranch)
 	resp = session.MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
 	doc := NewHTMLParser(t, resp.Body).Find(`input[name="commit_choice"]`)

tests/integration/git_smart_http_test.go

@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"testing"
 
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/util"
+
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestGitSmartHTTP(t *testing.T) {
@@ -18,51 +21,55 @@ func TestGitSmartHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 
 func testGitSmartHTTP(t *testing.T, u *url.URL) {
 	kases := []struct {
-		p    string
-		code int
+		method, path string
+		code         int
 	}{
 		{
-			p:    "user2/repo1/info/refs",
+			path: "user2/repo1/info/refs",
 			code: http.StatusOK,
 		},
 		{
-			p:    "user2/repo1/HEAD",
+			method: "HEAD",
+			path:   "user2/repo1/info/refs",
+			code:   http.StatusOK,
+		},
+		{
+			path: "user2/repo1/HEAD",
 			code: http.StatusOK,
 		},
 		{
-			p:    "user2/repo1/objects/info/alternates",
+			path: "user2/repo1/objects/info/alternates",
 			code: http.StatusNotFound,
 		},
 		{
-			p:    "user2/repo1/objects/info/http-alternates",
+			path: "user2/repo1/objects/info/http-alternates",
 			code: http.StatusNotFound,
 		},
 		{
-			p:    "user2/repo1/../../custom/conf/app.ini",
+			path: "user2/repo1/../../custom/conf/app.ini",
 			code: http.StatusNotFound,
 		},
 		{
-			p:    "user2/repo1/objects/info/../../../../custom/conf/app.ini",
+			path: "user2/repo1/objects/info/../../../../custom/conf/app.ini",
 			code: http.StatusNotFound,
 		},
 		{
-			p:    `user2/repo1/objects/info/..\..\..\..\custom\conf\app.ini`,
+			path: `user2/repo1/objects/info/..\..\..\..\custom\conf\app.ini`,
 			code: http.StatusBadRequest,
 		},
 	}
 
 	for _, kase := range kases {
-		t.Run(kase.p, func(t *testing.T) {
-			p := u.String() + kase.p
-			req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", p, nil)
-			assert.NoError(t, err)
+		t.Run(kase.path, func(t *testing.T) {
+			req, err := http.NewRequest(util.IfZero(kase.method, "GET"), u.String()+kase.path, nil)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
 			req.SetBasicAuth("user2", userPassword)
 			resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
-			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
 			defer resp.Body.Close()
 			assert.EqualValues(t, kase.code, resp.StatusCode)
 			_, err = io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
 		})
 	}
 }