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custom/conf/app.example.ini

@@ -583,15 +583,15 @@ ROUTER = console
 ;; * In request Header:         X-Request-ID: test-id-123
 ;; * Configuration in app.ini:  REQUEST_ID_HEADERS = X-Request-ID
 ;; * Print in log:              127.0.0.1:58384 - - [14/Feb/2023:16:33:51 +0800] "test-id-123"
-;; 
-;; If you configure more than one in the .ini file, it will match in the order of configuration, 
+;;
+;; If you configure more than one in the .ini file, it will match in the order of configuration,
 ;; and the first match will be finally printed in the log.
 ;; * E.g:
 ;; * In reuqest Header:         X-Trace-ID: trace-id-1q2w3e4r
 ;; * Configuration in app.ini:  REQUEST_ID_HEADERS = X-Request-ID, X-Trace-ID, X-Req-ID
 ;; * Print in log:              127.0.0.1:58384 - - [14/Feb/2023:16:33:51 +0800] "trace-id-1q2w3e4r"
 ;;
-;; REQUEST_ID_HEADERS = 
+;; REQUEST_ID_HEADERS =
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;;
@@ -1238,6 +1238,10 @@ 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/administration/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md

@@ -226,11 +226,13 @@ The following configuration set `Content-Type: application/vnd.android.package-a
     Values can be emoji alias (:smile:) or a unicode emoji.
     For custom reactions, add a tightly cropped square image to public/img/emoji/reaction_name.png
 - `CUSTOM_EMOJIS`: **gitea, codeberg, gitlab, git, github, gogs**: Additional Emojis not defined in the utf8 standard.
-    By default we support Gitea (:gitea:), to add more copy them to public/img/emoji/emoji_name.png and
+    By default, we support Gitea (:gitea:), to add more copy them to public/img/emoji/emoji_name.png and
     add it to this config.
 - `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`)
 

routers/web/explore/repo.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package explore
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/db"
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	// tplExploreRepos explore repositories page template
 	tplExploreRepos        base.TplName = "explore/repos"
-	relevantReposOnlyParam string       = "no_filter"
+	relevantReposOnlyParam string       = "only_show_relevant"
 )
 
 // RepoSearchOptions when calling search repositories
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ func RenderRepoSearch(ctx *context.Context, opts *RepoSearchOptions) {
 	pager.SetDefaultParams(ctx)
 	pager.AddParam(ctx, "topic", "TopicOnly")
 	pager.AddParam(ctx, "language", "Language")
-	pager.AddParamString(relevantReposOnlyParam, ctx.FormString(relevantReposOnlyParam))
+	pager.AddParamString(relevantReposOnlyParam, fmt.Sprint(opts.OnlyShowRelevant))
 	ctx.Data["Page"] = pager
 
 	ctx.HTML(http.StatusOK, opts.TplName)
@@ -156,11 +157,18 @@ func Repos(ctx *context.Context) {
 		ownerID = ctx.Doer.ID
 	}
 
+	onlyShowRelevant := setting.UI.OnlyShowRelevantRepos
+
+	_ = ctx.Req.ParseForm() // parse the form first, to prepare the ctx.Req.Form field
+	if len(ctx.Req.Form[relevantReposOnlyParam]) != 0 {
+		onlyShowRelevant = ctx.FormBool(relevantReposOnlyParam)
+	}
+
 	RenderRepoSearch(ctx, &RepoSearchOptions{
 		PageSize:         setting.UI.ExplorePagingNum,
 		OwnerID:          ownerID,
 		Private:          ctx.Doer != nil,
 		TplName:          tplExploreRepos,
-		OnlyShowRelevant: !ctx.FormBool(relevantReposOnlyParam),
+		OnlyShowRelevant: onlyShowRelevant,
 	})
 }

templates/explore/repo_search.tmpl

@@ -26,12 +26,15 @@
 	<input type="hidden" name="language" value="{{$.Language}}">
 	<div class="ui fluid action input">
 		<input name="q" value="{{.Keyword}}" placeholder="{{.locale.Tr "explore.search"}}…" autofocus>
+		{{if .PageIsExploreRepositories}}
+			<input type="hidden" name="only_show_relevant" value="{{.OnlyShowRelevant}}">
+		{{end}}
 		<button class="ui primary button">{{.locale.Tr "explore.search"}}</button>
 	</div>
 </form>
-{{if .OnlyShowRelevant}}
+{{if and .PageIsExploreRepositories .OnlyShowRelevant}}
 	<div class="ui message explore-relevancy-note">
-		<span data-tooltip-content="{{.locale.Tr "explore.relevant_repositories_tooltip"}}">{{.locale.Tr "explore.relevant_repositories" ((printf "%s%s" $.Link "?no_filter=1")|Escape) | Safe}}</span>
+		<span data-tooltip-content="{{.locale.Tr "explore.relevant_repositories_tooltip"}}">{{.locale.Tr "explore.relevant_repositories" ((printf "%s%s" $.Link "?only_show_relevant=0")|Escape) | Safe}}</span>
 	</div>
 {{end}}
 <div class="ui divider"></div>