feat: auto-create .profile repo with README and redirect to edit

options/locale/locale_en-US.json

@@ -3817,5 +3817,7 @@
 	"settings.show_heatmap_on_profile_popup": "Display your contribution heatmap on your profile overview page",
 	"user.activity_heatmap": "Activity Heatmap",
 	"org.stats": "Stats",
-	"org.recent_activity": "Recent Activity"
+	"org.recent_activity": "Recent Activity",
+	"org.profile_repo_no_permission": "You do not have permission to create repositories in this organization.",
+	"org.profile_repo_create_failed": "Failed to create the profile repository."
 }

routers/web/org/home.go

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	shared_user "code.gitea.io/gitea/routers/web/shared/user"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/services/context"
 	org_service "code.gitea.io/gitea/services/org"
+	repo_service "code.gitea.io/gitea/services/repository"
 )
 // RecentRepoActivity holds repo and its latest commit info
 type RecentRepoActivity struct {
@@ -286,3 +287,45 @@ func prepareOrgProfileReadme(ctx *context.Context, prepareResult *shared_user.Pr
 	ctx.Data["IsViewingOrgAsMember"] = viewAsMember
 	return true
 }
+
+// CreateProfileRepo creates a .profile repository with README for the organization
+func CreateProfileRepo(ctx *context.Context) {
+	org := ctx.Org.Organization
+
+	// Check if user can create repos in this org
+	if !ctx.Org.CanCreateOrgRepo {
+		ctx.Flash.Error(ctx.Tr("org.profile_repo_no_permission"))
+		ctx.Redirect(org.AsUser().HomeLink())
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Check if .profile repo already exists
+	exists, err := repo_model.IsRepositoryModelExist(ctx, org.AsUser(), ".profile")
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.ServerError("IsRepositoryExist", err)
+		return
+	}
+	if exists {
+		ctx.Redirect(org.AsUser().HomeLink() + "/.profile")
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Create the .profile repository
+	repo, err := repo_service.CreateRepository(ctx, ctx.Doer, org.AsUser(), repo_service.CreateRepoOptions{
+		Name:          ".profile",
+		Description:   "Organization profile",
+		AutoInit:      true,
+		Readme:        "Default",
+		DefaultBranch: "main",
+		IsPrivate:     false,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("CreateProfileRepo: %v", err)
+		ctx.Flash.Error(ctx.Tr("org.profile_repo_create_failed"))
+		ctx.Redirect(org.AsUser().HomeLink())
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Redirect to edit the README
+	ctx.Redirect(repo.Link() + "/_edit/main/README.md")
+}

routers/web/web.go

@@ -948,6 +948,7 @@ func registerWebRoutes(m *web.Router) {
 			m.Get("/milestones", reqMilestonesDashboardPageEnabled, user.Milestones)
 			m.Get("/milestones/{team}", reqMilestonesDashboardPageEnabled, user.Milestones)
 			m.Post("/members/action/{action}", org.MembersAction)
+			m.Post("/create-profile-repo", org.CreateProfileRepo)
 			m.Get("/teams", org.Teams)
 		}, context.OrgAssignment(context.OrgAssignmentOptions{RequireMember: true, RequireTeamMember: true}))
 

templates/org/home.tmpl

@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@
 								</div>
 							</div>
 							<div class="tw-mt-4">
-								<a class="ui primary button" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/repo/create?org={{.Org.ID}}&name=.profile">
+								<form action="{{.OrgLink}}/create-profile-repo" method="post">{{.CsrfTokenHtml}}<button class="ui primary button" type="submit">
 									{{svg "octicon-plus" 16}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "org.create_profile_repo"}}
-								</a>
+								</button></form>
 							</div>
 						</div>
 					</div>