Don't use migrations but use a doctor to fix old negative line number of code comments

models/migrations/migrations.go

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/migrations/v1_22"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/migrations/v1_23"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/migrations/v1_24"
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/migrations/v1_25"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/migrations/v1_6"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/migrations/v1_7"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/migrations/v1_8"
@@ -383,9 +382,6 @@ func prepareMigrationTasks() []*migration {
 		newMigration(318, "Add anonymous_access_mode for repo_unit", v1_24.AddRepoUnitAnonymousAccessMode),
 		newMigration(319, "Add ExclusiveOrder to Label table", v1_24.AddExclusiveOrderColumnToLabelTable),
 		newMigration(320, "Migrate two_factor_policy to login_source table", v1_24.MigrateSkipTwoFactor),
-
-		// Gitea 1.24.0 ends at database version 321
-		newMigration(321, "Migrate commit id of pull requests code review comment", v1_25.MigrateCommitIDOfPullRequestCodeReviewComment),
 	}
 	return preparedMigrations
 }

models/migrations/v1_25/v321.go

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2025 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-
-package v1_25
-
-import (
-	"xorm.io/xorm"
-)
-
-// MigrateCommitIDOfPullRequestCodeReviewComment this will be almost right before comment on the special commit of the pull request
-func MigrateCommitIDOfPullRequestCodeReviewComment(x *xorm.Engine) error {
-	_, err := x.Exec("UPDATE comment SET commit_sha = (select merge_base from pull_request WHERE issue_id = comment.issue_id) WHERE line < 0")
-	return err
-}

services/doctor/review.go

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package doctor
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/db"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
+)
+
+// checkCommitSHAOfPullRequestCodeReviewComment will check if the commit SHA of pull request code review comments
+// For a comment with negative line number, it should be the merge base of the pull request if the comment is on the files page
+// if it's on a special commit page or a range commit page, it should be the previous commit when reviewing that commit/commit range
+// so that this may be broken for those comments submitted in a special commit(non the first one) page or a range commit page
+// NOTICE: the fix can only be done once, so it should be run twice or more
+func checkCommitSHAOfPullRequestCodeReviewComment(ctx context.Context, logger log.Logger, autofix bool) error {
+	count, err := db.GetEngine(ctx).SQL("SELECT 1 FROM comment where line < 0 AND commit_sha != (select merge_base from pull_request WHERE issue_id = comment.issue_id)").Count()
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Critical("Error: %v whilst counting wrong comment commit sha", err)
+		return err
+	}
+	if count > 0 {
+		if autofix {
+			total, err := db.GetEngine(ctx).Exec("UPDATE comment SET commit_sha = (select merge_base from pull_request WHERE issue_id = comment.issue_id) WHERE line < 0")
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			logger.Info("%d comments with wrong commit sha fixed\nWARNING: This doctor can only fix this once, so it should NOT be run twice or more", total)
+		} else {
+			logger.Warn("%d comments with wrong commit sha exist", count)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func init() {
+	Register(&Check{
+		Title:     "Check if comment with negative line number has wrong commit sha",
+		Name:      "check-commitsha-review-comment",
+		IsDefault: true,
+		Run:       checkCommitSHAOfPullRequestCodeReviewComment,
+		Priority:  3,
+	})
+}