Redirect to user/org avatar for /[username].png #10065

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GiteaMirror · 2025-11-02T08:57:17-06:00

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 08:57:17 -06:00

Originally created by @crystalcommunication on GitHub (Jan 6, 2023).

Feature Description

GitHub has this feature that allows you to get redirected to any user's avatar by simply adding .png to their profile URL (e.g. https://github.com/go-gitea.png)

It would be fantastic if Gitea could do the same thing. Interestingly, Gitea already checks for a URL like this as of https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/18798, but instead of returning anything useful, it just returns the text Not Found (not even the fancy 404 page).

If this seems like a good idea, I can get a pull request going right away.

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Originally created by @crystalcommunication on GitHub (Jan 6, 2023). ### Feature Description GitHub has this feature that allows you to get redirected to any user's avatar by simply adding `.png` to their profile URL (e.g. https://github.com/go-gitea.png) It would be fantastic if Gitea could do the same thing. Interestingly, Gitea already checks for a URL like this as of https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/18798, but instead of returning anything useful, it just returns the text `Not Found` (not even the fancy 404 page). If this seems like a good idea, I can get a pull request going right away. ### Screenshots _No response_

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GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 08:57:18 -06:00

@KN4CK3R commented on GitHub (Jan 6, 2023):

Don't know why this was never implemented but it's already a long time in there (7 years):
a49af93faf

@KN4CK3R commented on GitHub (Jan 6, 2023): Don't know why this was never implemented but it's already a long time in there (7 years): https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/commit/a49af93fafe824cdd375318d15de420b3ed61e79

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 08:57:18 -06:00

@crystalcommunication commented on GitHub (Jan 6, 2023):

Oh, you're right. The PR I mentioned only introduced the current code that handles it. Is there any particular reason for the current behavior? Right now it kinda just seems like it's partially implemented (though all the necessary functions exist)

@crystalcommunication commented on GitHub (Jan 6, 2023): Oh, you're right. The PR I mentioned only introduced the current code that handles it. Is there any particular reason for the current behavior? Right now it kinda just seems like it's partially implemented (though all the necessary functions exist)

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 08:57:18 -06:00

@KN4CK3R commented on GitHub (Jan 6, 2023):

Don't think so, go for it.

@KN4CK3R commented on GitHub (Jan 6, 2023): Don't think so, go for it.

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Reference: github-starred/gitea#10065