Don't attempt to look up an avatar in repo if repo directory does not exist

Closes #14580

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/spec/models/project_spec.rb b/spec/models/project_spec.rb
index 20f06f4b7e1..55f1c665b86 100644
--- a/spec/models/project_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/project_spec.rb
@@ -422,6 +422,12 @@ describe Project, models: true do
 
       it { should eq "http://localhost#{avatar_path}" }
     end
+
+    context 'when git repo is empty' do
+      let(:project) { create(:empty_project) }
+
+      it { should eq nil }
+    end
   end
 
   describe :ci_commit do
diff --git a/spec/models/repository_spec.rb b/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
index 7eac70ae948..b30a6e7ae3d 100644
--- a/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/repository_spec.rb
@@ -725,6 +725,12 @@ describe Repository, models: true do
   end
 
   describe '#avatar' do
+    it 'returns nil if repo does not exist' do
+      expect(repository).to receive(:exists?).and_return(false)
+
+      expect(repository.avatar).to eq(nil)
+    end
+
     it 'returns the first avatar file found in the repository' do
       expect(repository).to receive(:blob_at_branch).
         with('master', 'logo.png').