Add readme only option as project view

3 files changed, 23 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/app/helpers/preferences_helper.rb b/app/helpers/preferences_helper.rb
index 0d7347ed30d..8e822ed0ea2 100644
--- a/app/helpers/preferences_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/preferences_helper.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ module PreferencesHelper
   def project_view_choices
     [
       ['Files and Readme (default)', :files],
-      ['Activity', :activity]
+      ['Activity', :activity],
+      ['Readme', :readme]
     ]
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 533a776bc65..525a4fc3778 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -182,13 +182,9 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   enum dashboard: [:projects, :stars, :project_activity, :starred_project_activity, :groups, :todos]
 
   # User's Project preference
-  #
-  # Note: When adding an option, it MUST go on the end of the hash with a
-  # number higher than the current max. We cannot move options and/or change
-  # their numbers.
-  #
-  # We skip 0 because this was used by an option that has since been removed.
-  enum project_view: { activity: 1, files: 2 }
+  # Note: When adding an option, it MUST go on the end of the array.
+  enum project_view: [:readme, :activity, :files]
+
 
   alias_attribute :private_token, :authentication_token
 
diff --git a/app/views/projects/_readme.html.haml b/app/views/projects/_readme.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6922442a834
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/projects/_readme.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+- if readme = @repository.readme
+  %article.file-holder.readme-holder{ id: 'readme', class: ("limited-width-container" unless fluid_layout) }
+    = render 'projects/blob/viewer', viewer: readme.rich_viewer, viewer_url: namespace_project_blob_path(@project.namespace, @project, tree_join(@repository.root_ref, readme.path), viewer: :rich, format: :json)
+
+- else
+  .row-content-block.second-block.center
+    %h3.page-title
+      This project does not have a README yet
+    - if can?(current_user, :push_code, @project)
+      %p
+        A
+        %code README
+        file contains information about other files in a repository and is commonly
+        distributed with computer software, forming part of its documentation.
+      %p
+        We recommend you to
+        = link_to "add a README", add_special_file_path(@project, file_name: 'README.md'), class: 'underlined-link'
+        file to the repository and GitLab will render it here instead of this message.