From 28e1ddd372e441f10e563c2f22cde11898d8e563 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Norman <daniel@norman.life>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 12:41:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove unused create_repo handler

This handler wasn't being called by any code and diverges from a typical
`rad init` flow, as it creates an empty repo with an initial empty
commit. Removing this as it reduces maintenance burden
---
 crates/radicle-tauri/src/commands/repo.rs | 77 +----------------------
 crates/radicle-tauri/src/lib.rs           |  1 -
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 77 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/radicle-tauri/src/commands/repo.rs b/crates/radicle-tauri/src/commands/repo.rs
index d794a8500..dbb9a2e2f 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-tauri/src/commands/repo.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle-tauri/src/commands/repo.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
-use std::collections::BTreeSet;
-use std::str::FromStr;
-
 use radicle::git;
-use radicle::identity::project::ProjectName;
-use radicle::identity::{doc, Project, RepoId, Visibility};
-use radicle::rad::InitError;
-use radicle::storage::git::Repository;
-use radicle::storage::refs::branch_of;
-use radicle::storage::{SignRepository, WriteRepository};
+use radicle::identity::RepoId;
 use radicle_types as types;
 use radicle_types::error::Error;
 use radicle_types::traits::repo::{Repo, Show};
@@ -129,73 +121,6 @@ pub fn repo_commit(
     ctx.repo_commit(rid, sha)
 }
 
-#[tauri::command]
-pub(crate) async fn create_repo(
-    ctx: tauri::State<'_, AppState>,
-    name: String,
-    description: String,
-) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    let profile = &ctx.profile;
-    let storage = &profile.storage;
-    let signer = ctx.profile.signer()?;
-    let config = git2::Config::open_default()?;
-    // SAFETY: "master" is always a valid RefString
-    let default_branch = git::fmt::RefString::try_from(
-        config
-            .get_string("init.defaultBranch")
-            .unwrap_or("master".to_owned()),
-    )
-    .unwrap();
-
-    let name = ProjectName::from_str(&name)?;
-    if description.len() > doc::MAX_STRING_LENGTH {
-        return Err(Error::ProjectError(
-            radicle::identity::project::ProjectError::Description("Cannot exceed 255 characters."),
-        ));
-    }
-
-    let visibility = Visibility::Private {
-        allow: BTreeSet::default(),
-    };
-
-    let proj = Project::new(name, description, default_branch.clone()).map_err(|errs| {
-        InitError::ProjectPayload(
-            errs.into_iter()
-                .map(|err| err.to_string())
-                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
-                .join(", "),
-        )
-    })?;
-    let doc = radicle::identity::Doc::initial(proj, profile.public_key.into(), visibility);
-    let (project, identity) = Repository::init(&doc, &storage, &signer)?;
-
-    let tree_id = {
-        let mut index = project.backend.index()?;
-
-        index.write_tree()
-    }?;
-    let sig = project.backend.signature()?;
-    let tree = project.backend.find_tree(tree_id)?;
-
-    project.set_remote_identity_root_to(signer.public_key(), identity)?;
-    project.set_identity_head_to(identity)?;
-
-    let base = project
-        .backend
-        .commit(Some("HEAD"), &sig, &sig, "Initial commit", &tree, &[])?;
-
-    let ns_head = branch_of(&ctx.profile.public_key, &default_branch);
-    project
-        .backend
-        .reference(ns_head.as_str(), base, false, "Created namespace ref")?;
-
-    project.set_canonical_symbolic_refs("set-canonical from create_repo")?;
-    project.set_default_branch_to_canonical_head()?;
-    project.sign_refs(&signer)?;
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
 #[tauri::command]
 pub fn seed(ctx: tauri::State<AppState>, rid: RepoId) -> Result<(), Error> {
     ctx.seed(rid)
diff --git a/crates/radicle-tauri/src/lib.rs b/crates/radicle-tauri/src/lib.rs
index b76c92b0a..d4672bb1f 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ pub fn run() {
             inbox::list_notifications,
             profile::alias,
             profile::config,
-            repo::create_repo,
             repo::diff_stats,
             repo::list_commits,
             repo::list_repo_commits,