Refactoring find_commits functionality

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/commits_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/commits_controller.rb
index a52c614b259..c2e7bf1ffec 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/commits_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/commits_controller.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Projects::CommitsController < Projects::ApplicationController
 
     @commits =
       if search.present?
-        @repository.find_commits_by_message(search, @ref, @path, @limit, @offset).compact
+        @repository.find_commits_by_message(search, @ref, @path, @limit, @offset)
       else
         @repository.commits(@ref, path: @path, limit: @limit, offset: @offset)
       end
diff --git a/app/models/repository.rb b/app/models/repository.rb
index 72e473871fa..1b7f20a2134 100644
--- a/app/models/repository.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository.rb
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ class Repository
   end
 
   def find_commits_by_message(query, ref = nil, path = nil, limit = 1000, offset = 0)
+    unless exists? && has_visible_content? && query.present?
+      return []
+    end
+
     ref ||= root_ref
 
     args = %W(
@@ -117,9 +121,8 @@ class Repository
     )
     args = args.concat(%W(-- #{path})) if path.present?
 
-    git_log_results = Gitlab::Popen.popen(args, path_to_repo).first.lines.map(&:chomp)
-    commits = git_log_results.map { |c| commit(c) }
-    commits
+    git_log_results = Gitlab::Popen.popen(args, path_to_repo).first.lines
+    git_log_results.map { |c| commit(c.chomp) }.compact
   end
 
   def find_branch(name, fresh_repo: true)