On Tag/Branch Exist Check, dont panic if repo is nil (#21787) (#21789)

Backport #21787

Co-authored-by: Lunny Xiao <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Lauris BH <[email protected]>

Author: 3 people

modules/git/repo_branch_nogogit.go

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (repo *Repository) IsReferenceExist(name string) bool {
 
 // IsBranchExist returns true if given branch exists in current repository.
 func (repo *Repository) IsBranchExist(name string) bool {
-	if name == "" {
+	if repo == nil || name == "" {
 		return false
 	}
 

modules/git/repo_tag_nogogit.go

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 // IsTagExist returns true if given tag exists in the repository.
 func (repo *Repository) IsTagExist(name string) bool {
-	if name == "" {
+	if repo == nil || name == "" {
 		return false
 	}