Fix #321. Allow empty comments as long as there are attachments.

routers/repo/issue.go

@@ -755,7 +755,8 @@ func Comment(ctx *middleware.Context, params martini.Params) {
 
 	var ms []string
 	content := ctx.Query("content")
-	if len(content) > 0 {
+	// Fix #321. Allow empty comments, as long as we have attachments.
+	if len(content) > 0 || len(ctx.Req.MultipartForm.File["attachments"]) > 0 {
 		switch params["action"] {
 		case "new":
 			if comment, err = models.CreateComment(ctx.User.Id, ctx.Repo.Repository.Id, issue.Id, 0, 0, models.COMMENT, content, nil); err != nil {

templates/repo/issue/view.tmpl

@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@
                                 <span class="role label label-default pull-right">Owner</span>
                             </div>
                             <div class="panel-body markdown">
+                                {{if len .Content}}
                                 {{str2html .Content}}
+                                {{else}}
+                                <i>No comment entered</i>
+                                {{end}}
                             </div>
                             {{with $attachments := .Attachments}}
                             {{if $attachments}}