Merge branch '36571-ignore-root-in-repo' into 'master'

Resolve "Error while searching for text starting with slash "/""

Closes #36571

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!16455

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/spec/models/repository_spec.rb b/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
index f3456e5b354..d9395ca61d7 100644
--- a/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
@@ -668,6 +668,18 @@ describe Repository do
       expect(results.first).to eq('files/html/500.html')
     end
 
+    it 'ignores leading slashes' do
+      results = repository.search_files_by_name('/files', 'master')
+
+      expect(results.first).to eq('files/html/500.html')
+    end
+
+    it 'properly handles when query is only slashes' do
+      results = repository.search_files_by_name('//', 'master')
+
+      expect(results).to match_array([])
+    end
+
     it 'properly handles when query is not present' do
       results = repository.search_files_by_name('', 'master')