Remove ONLY_SHOW_RELEVANT_REPOS setting (#21962)

Every user can already disable the filter manually, so the explicit
setting is absolutely useless and only complicates the logic.

Previously, there was also unexpected behavior when multiple query
parameters were present.

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Co-authored-by: zeripath <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Lunny Xiao <[email protected]>

Author: 3 people

custom/conf/app.example.ini

@@ -1222,10 +1222,6 @@ ROUTER = console
 ;;
 ;; Whether to enable a Service Worker to cache frontend assets
 ;USE_SERVICE_WORKER = false
-;;
-;; Whether to only show relevant repos on the explore page when no keyword is specified and default sorting is used.
-;; A repo is considered irrelevant if it's a fork or if it has no metadata (no description, no icon, no topic).
-;ONLY_SHOW_RELEVANT_REPOS = false
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md

@@ -231,8 +231,6 @@ The following configuration set `Content-Type: application/vnd.android.package-a
 - `DEFAULT_SHOW_FULL_NAME`: **false**: Whether the full name of the users should be shown where possible. If the full name isn't set, the username will be used.
 - `SEARCH_REPO_DESCRIPTION`: **true**: Whether to search within description at repository search on explore page.
 - `USE_SERVICE_WORKER`: **false**: Whether to enable a Service Worker to cache frontend assets.
-- `ONLY_SHOW_RELEVANT_REPOS`: **false** Whether to only show relevant repos on the explore page when no keyword is specified and default sorting is used.
-    A repo is considered irrelevant if it's a fork or if it has no metadata (no description, no icon, no topic).
 
 ### UI - Admin (`ui.admin`)
 

models/repo/repo_list.go

@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ func SearchRepositoryCondition(opts *SearchRepoOptions) builder.Cond {
 	}
 
 	if opts.OnlyShowRelevant {
-		// Only show a repo that either has a topic or description.
+		// Only show a repo that has at least a topic, an icon, or a description
 		subQueryCond := builder.NewCond()
 
 		// Topic checking. Topics are present.
@@ -504,13 +504,13 @@ func SearchRepositoryCondition(opts *SearchRepoOptions) builder.Cond {
 			subQueryCond = subQueryCond.Or(builder.And(builder.Neq{"topics": "null"}, builder.Neq{"topics": "[]"}))
 		}
 
-		// Description checking. Description not empty.
+		// Description checking. Description not empty
 		subQueryCond = subQueryCond.Or(builder.Neq{"description": ""})
 
-		// Repo has a avatar.
+		// Repo has a avatar
 		subQueryCond = subQueryCond.Or(builder.Neq{"avatar": ""})
 
-		// Always hide repo's that are empty.
+		// Always hide repo's that are empty
 		subQueryCond = subQueryCond.And(builder.Eq{"is_empty": false})
 
 		cond = cond.And(subQueryCond)

modules/setting/setting.go

@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@ var (
 		CustomEmojisMap       map[string]string `ini:"-"`
 		SearchRepoDescription bool
 		UseServiceWorker      bool
-		OnlyShowRelevantRepos bool
 
 		Notification struct {
 			MinTimeout            time.Duration
@@ -1123,7 +1122,6 @@ func loadFromConf(allowEmpty bool, extraConfig string) {
 	UI.DefaultShowFullName = Cfg.Section("ui").Key("DEFAULT_SHOW_FULL_NAME").MustBool(false)
 	UI.SearchRepoDescription = Cfg.Section("ui").Key("SEARCH_REPO_DESCRIPTION").MustBool(true)
 	UI.UseServiceWorker = Cfg.Section("ui").Key("USE_SERVICE_WORKER").MustBool(false)
-	UI.OnlyShowRelevantRepos = Cfg.Section("ui").Key("ONLY_SHOW_RELEVANT_REPOS").MustBool(false)
 
 	HasRobotsTxt, err = util.IsFile(path.Join(CustomPath, "robots.txt"))
 	if err != nil {

routers/web/explore/repo.go

@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// tplExploreRepos explore repositories page template
-	tplExploreRepos base.TplName = "explore/repos"
+	tplExploreRepos        base.TplName = "explore/repos"
+	relevantReposOnlyParam string       = "no_filter"
 )
 
 // RepoSearchOptions when calling search repositories
@@ -81,13 +82,11 @@ func RenderRepoSearch(ctx *context.Context, opts *RepoSearchOptions) {
 	default:
 		ctx.Data["SortType"] = "recentupdate"
 		orderBy = db.SearchOrderByRecentUpdated
-		onlyShowRelevant = setting.UI.OnlyShowRelevantRepos && !ctx.FormBool("no_filter")
 	}
 
+	onlyShowRelevant = !ctx.FormBool(relevantReposOnlyParam)
+
 	keyword := ctx.FormTrim("q")
-	if keyword != "" {
-		onlyShowRelevant = false
-	}
 
 	ctx.Data["OnlyShowRelevant"] = onlyShowRelevant
 
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ func RenderRepoSearch(ctx *context.Context, opts *RepoSearchOptions) {
 	pager.SetDefaultParams(ctx)
 	pager.AddParam(ctx, "topic", "TopicOnly")
 	pager.AddParam(ctx, "language", "Language")
-	pager.AddParamString("no_filter", ctx.FormString("no_filter"))
+	pager.AddParamString(relevantReposOnlyParam, ctx.FormString(relevantReposOnlyParam))
 	ctx.Data["Page"] = pager
 
 	ctx.HTML(http.StatusOK, opts.TplName)