[BugFix] use default avatar for ghost user (fix 500 error) (#9536)

* remove since it is there for 3years

* fix 500 error for ghost avatar

* dont insert "-1" in any case to issue.poster_id

* fix lint

* Test: ghost avatar link

* fix test

* Revert "remove since it is there for 3years"

This reverts commit fd9ad05159.

* Revert "dont insert "-1" in any case to issue.poster_id"

This reverts commit 05469ab6d8.

Co-authored-by: zeripath <art27@cantab.net>

integrations/links_test.go

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ func TestRedirectsNoLogin(t *testing.T) {
 		"/user2/repo1/src/master":                    "/user2/repo1/src/branch/master",
 		"/user2/repo1/src/master/file.txt":           "/user2/repo1/src/branch/master/file.txt",
 		"/user2/repo1/src/master/directory/file.txt": "/user2/repo1/src/branch/master/directory/file.txt",
+		"/user/avatar/Ghost/-1":                      "/img/avatar_default.png",
 	}
 	for link, redirectLink := range redirects {
 		req := NewRequest(t, "GET", link)

routers/user/avatar.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package user
 
 import (
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/context"
@@ -23,7 +24,9 @@ func Avatar(ctx *context.Context) {
 
 	log.Debug("Asked avatar for user %v and size %v", userName, size)
 
-	user, err := models.GetUserByName(userName)
+	var user *models.User
+	if strings.ToLower(userName) != "ghost" {
+		user, err = models.GetUserByName(userName)
 		if err != nil {
 			if models.IsErrUserNotExist(err) {
 				ctx.ServerError("Requested avatar for invalid user", err)
@@ -32,6 +35,9 @@ func Avatar(ctx *context.Context) {
 			}
 			return
 		}
+	} else {
+		user = models.NewGhostUser()
+	}
 
 	ctx.Redirect(user.RealSizedAvatarLink(size))
 }