From 57de1ff991a864c8adf669e3919247c555e7a75a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lauris BH <lauris@nix.lv>
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2017 19:26:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix API raw file content access for default branch (#2849)

---
 integrations/api_repo_raw_test.go | 3 +++
 modules/context/repo.go           | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/integrations/api_repo_raw_test.go b/integrations/api_repo_raw_test.go
index 045e812210..7ef930ff3f 100644
--- a/integrations/api_repo_raw_test.go
+++ b/integrations/api_repo_raw_test.go
@@ -25,4 +25,7 @@ func TestAPIReposRaw(t *testing.T) {
 		req := NewRequestf(t, "GET", "/api/v1/repos/%s/repo1/raw/%s/README.md", user.Name, ref)
 		session.MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
 	}
+	// Test default branch
+	req := NewRequestf(t, "GET", "/api/v1/repos/%s/repo1/raw/README.md", user.Name)
+	session.MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
 }
diff --git a/modules/context/repo.go b/modules/context/repo.go
index 850b127e59..c61010ecba 100644
--- a/modules/context/repo.go
+++ b/modules/context/repo.go
@@ -507,7 +507,11 @@ func getRefName(ctx *Context, pathType RepoRefType) string {
 		if refName := getRefName(ctx, RepoRefTag); len(refName) > 0 {
 			return refName
 		}
-		return getRefName(ctx, RepoRefCommit)
+		if refName := getRefName(ctx, RepoRefCommit); len(refName) > 0 {
+			return refName
+		}
+		ctx.Repo.TreePath = path
+		return ctx.Repo.Repository.DefaultBranch
 	case RepoRefBranch:
 		return getRefNameFromPath(ctx, path, ctx.Repo.GitRepo.IsBranchExist)
 	case RepoRefTag: