fix old github download repos

public/script/app.js

@@ -593,7 +593,9 @@ angular
                 if (dir) {
                   output += `<a ng-click="openFolder('${path}', $event)">${name}</a>`;
                 } else {
-                  output += `<a href='/r/${$scope.repoId}${path}'>${name}</a>`;
+                  output += `<a href='/r/${$scope.repoId}${encodePathForUrl(
+                    path
+                  )}'>${name}</a>`;
                 }
                 if (truncated) {
                   output += `<span class="truncated-warning" title="{{ 'WARNINGS.folder_truncated' | translate }}"><i class="fas fa-exclamation-triangle"></i></span>`;
@@ -2255,7 +2257,9 @@ angular
           }
 
           // redirect to readme
-          $location.url(uri + readmeCandidates[best_match]);
+          $location.url(
+            uri + encodePathForUrl(readmeCandidates[best_match])
+          );
         }
       }
       $scope.getFiles = async function (path) {
@@ -2353,11 +2357,15 @@ angular
         // server returns a fresh ETag on first hit either way.
         const sha = (fileInfo && fileInfo.sha) || "0";
         $http
-          .get(`/api/repo/${$scope.repoId}/file/${path}?v=` + sha, {
-            transformResponse: (data) => {
-              return data;
-            },
-          })
+          .get(
+            `/api/repo/${$scope.repoId}/file/${encodePathForUrl(path)}?v=` +
+              sha,
+            {
+              transformResponse: (data) => {
+                return data;
+              },
+            }
+          )
           .then(
             (res) => {
               $scope.type = originalType;
@@ -2427,7 +2435,9 @@ angular
         if ($scope.file && $scope.file.sha) {
           fileVersion = $scope.file.sha;
         }
-        $scope.url = `/api/repo/${$scope.repoId}/file/${$scope.filePath}?v=${fileVersion}`;
+        $scope.url = `/api/repo/${$scope.repoId}/file/${encodePathForUrl(
+          $scope.filePath
+        )}?v=${fileVersion}`;
 
         let extension = $scope.filePath.toLowerCase();
         const extensionIndex = extension.lastIndexOf(".");

public/script/utils.js

@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ function saveFilterPrefs(key, value) {
   }
 }
 
+function encodePathForUrl(path) {
+  return String(path || "")
+    .split("/")
+    .map((segment) => encodeURIComponent(segment))
+    .join("/");
+}
+
 function humanFileSize(bytes, si = false, dp = 1) {
   const thresh = si ? 1000 : 1024;
 

src/core/Repository.ts

@@ -141,7 +141,21 @@ export default class Repository {
       force: false,
     }
   ): Promise<IFile[]> {
-    const hasFile = await FileModel.exists({ repoId: this.repoId }).exec();
+    let hasFile = await FileModel.exists({ repoId: this.repoId }).exec();
+    // Files created by GitHubDownload don't carry a valid 40-char GitHub
+    // blob SHA.  When the source type later switches to GitHubStream the
+    // stale entries cause blob-API 404s.  Detect this by sampling a file
+    // with a sha and checking its length; force a re-fetch if it doesn't
+    // look like a GitHub SHA.
+    if (hasFile && this.source instanceof GitHubStream) {
+      const sample = await FileModel.findOne(
+        { repoId: this.repoId, sha: { $exists: true, $ne: null } },
+        { sha: 1 }
+      ).exec();
+      if (sample?.sha && sample.sha.length !== 40) {
+        hasFile = null;
+      }
+    }
     if (!hasFile || opt.force) {
       await FileModel.deleteMany({ repoId: this.repoId }).exec();
       const files = await this.source.getFiles(opt.progress);

src/core/source/GitHubStream.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,21 @@ import config from "../../config";
 
 const logger = createLogger("gh-stream");
 
+export function githubRawFileUrl(
+  owner: string,
+  repo: string,
+  commit: string,
+  filePath: string
+): string {
+  const encodedPath = filePath
+    .split("/")
+    .map((segment) => encodeURIComponent(segment))
+    .join("/");
+  return `https://github.com/${encodeURIComponent(owner)}/${encodeURIComponent(
+    repo
+  )}/raw/${encodeURIComponent(commit)}/${encodedPath}`;
+}
+
 export default class GitHubStream extends GitHubBase {
   type: "GitHubDownload" | "GitHubStream" | "Zip" = "GitHubStream";
 
@@ -64,7 +79,12 @@ export default class GitHubStream extends GitHubBase {
   // blob endpoint above returns the raw pointer text instead, so we use this
   // as the fallback for LFS files (#95).
   private downloadFileViaRaw(token: string, filePath: string) {
-    const url = `https://github.com/${this.data.organization}/${this.data.repoName}/raw/${this.data.commit}/${filePath}`;
+    const url = githubRawFileUrl(
+      this.data.organization,
+      this.data.repoName,
+      this.data.commit,
+      filePath
+    );
     logger.debug("downloading via raw URL (LFS)", { url });
     return got.stream(url, {
       headers: { authorization: `token ${token}` },
@@ -72,6 +92,58 @@ export default class GitHubStream extends GitHubBase {
     });
   }
 
+  // Try the blob API, then fall back to the raw URL on statuses where the
+  // path-based endpoint can still succeed. 422 is the blob endpoint's size
+  // cap; 404 can happen with stale/invalid blob SHAs while the path still
+  // exists at the requested commit.
+  private downloadWithFallback(
+    token: string,
+    sha: string,
+    filePath: string
+  ): Promise<stream.Readable> {
+    return new Promise<stream.Readable>((resolve) => {
+      const blobStream = this.downloadFile(token, sha);
+      let settled = false;
+
+      const fallbackStatuses = new Set([404, 422]);
+      const fallbackToRaw = (statusCode?: number) => {
+        settled = true;
+        logger.info("blob API failed, falling back to raw URL", {
+          filePath,
+          statusCode,
+        });
+        resolve(this.downloadFileViaRaw(token, filePath));
+      };
+
+      blobStream.on("error", (err) => {
+        if (settled) return;
+        const statusCode = (
+          err as { response?: { statusCode?: number } }
+        )?.response?.statusCode;
+        if (statusCode && fallbackStatuses.has(statusCode)) {
+          fallbackToRaw(statusCode);
+          return;
+        }
+        // Other errors: let the normal pipeline handle them.
+        settled = true;
+        const passthrough = new stream.PassThrough();
+        passthrough.destroy(err);
+        resolve(passthrough);
+      });
+
+      blobStream.on("response", (response) => {
+        if (settled) return;
+        if (fallbackStatuses.has(response.statusCode || 0)) {
+          blobStream.destroy();
+          fallbackToRaw(response.statusCode);
+          return;
+        }
+        settled = true;
+        resolve(this.resolveLfsPointer(blobStream, token, filePath));
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
   // Wrap a blob stream so that if its first ~150 bytes look like a Git LFS
   // pointer, the bytes are dropped and replaced by a fresh fetch from the
   // raw URL endpoint (which resolves LFS automatically). Non-LFS files are
@@ -190,11 +262,14 @@ export default class GitHubStream extends GitHubBase {
       });
     }
     const token = await this.data.getToken();
-    const blobStream = this.downloadFile(token, expected.sha);
-    // If the blob is a Git LFS pointer, swap to a raw-URL fetch so the
-    // file content (not the pointer text) makes it into the pipeline. See
-    // #95 — Support for Git LFS.
-    const content = this.resolveLfsPointer(blobStream, token, filePath);
+
+    // Try the blob API first, but fall back to the raw URL on recoverable
+    // blob misses/caps while still preserving LFS pointer handling.
+    const content = await this.downloadWithFallback(
+      token,
+      expected.sha,
+      filePath
+    );
 
     // duplicate the stream to write it to the storage
     const stream1 = content.pipe(new stream.PassThrough());

src/server/routes/file.ts

@@ -6,14 +6,40 @@ import { fileETag } from "./file-etag";
 
 export const router = express.Router();
 
+function decodePathSegment(segment: string): string {
+  try {
+    return decodeURIComponent(segment);
+  } catch {
+    try {
+      return decodeURI(segment);
+    } catch {
+      return segment;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export function filePathFromRequestUrl(
+  reqUrl: string,
+  protocol: string,
+  hostname: string,
+  repoId: string
+): string {
+  const pathname = new URL(reqUrl, `${protocol}://${hostname}`).pathname;
+  const prefix = `/${encodeURIComponent(repoId)}/file/`;
+  const rawPath = pathname.startsWith(prefix)
+    ? pathname.substring(prefix.length)
+    : pathname.replace(`/${repoId}/file/`, "");
+  return rawPath.split("/").map(decodePathSegment).join("/");
+}
+
 router.get(
   "/:repoId/file/:path*",
   async (req: express.Request, res: express.Response) => {
-    const anonymizedPath = decodeURI(
-      new URL(req.url, `${req.protocol}://${req.hostname}`).pathname.replace(
-        `/${req.params.repoId}/file/`,
-        ""
-      )
+    const anonymizedPath = filePathFromRequestUrl(
+      req.url,
+      req.protocol,
+      req.hostname,
+      req.params.repoId
     );
     if (anonymizedPath.endsWith("/")) {
       return handleError(