Gogs version

0.14.2

Git version

• Server: 2.47.3
• Client: 2.52.0

Operating system

MacOS 26.3.1 (25D2128)

Database

SQLite 3

Describe the bug

Creeate or update file endpoint /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/{path} has edge-case which results in 500 server error.

To reproduce

1. Create a repository
2. Create master branch with README.md
3. Create branch feature from master branch content
4. Use endpoint /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/{path} to upload TEST.md to feature branch

Actual behaviour:

500 server error

2026/03/23 20:23:53 [ERROR] [...al/route/api/v1/repo/contents.go:209 PutContents()] updating repository file: branch already exists [name: feature]

Expected behavior

Create file, 2xx response, no issue.

Additional context

No response

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