Drop v332 migration, keep project_board.sorting as int8

Per review feedback, the 127-column cap is intentional (maxProjectColumns
is 20), so the DB schema is left as-is and no migration is needed. Reverts
the Column.Sorting widening to match.

Co-Authored-By: Claude (Opus 4.7) <noreply@anthropic.com>

models/migrations/migrations.go

@@ -409,7 +409,6 @@ func prepareMigrationTasks() []*migration {
 		// Gitea 1.26.0 ends at migration ID number 330 (database version 331)
 
 		newMigration(331, "Add ActionRunAttempt model and related action fields", v1_27.AddActionRunAttemptModel),
-		newMigration(332, "Widen project_board.sorting from int8 to int", v1_27.WidenProjectBoardSorting),
 	}
 	return preparedMigrations
 }

models/migrations/v1_27/v332.go

@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2026 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-
-package v1_27
-
-import (
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/migrations/base"
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
-
-	"xorm.io/xorm"
-	"xorm.io/xorm/schemas"
-)
-
-// WidenProjectBoardSorting changes project_board.sorting from int8 to int so the
-// API can stop truncating sort values and the column count is no longer capped at
-// 127. DefaultIsEmpty: true is required because MSSQL's ALTER COLUMN rejects an
-// inline DEFAULT, and MySQL's MODIFY COLUMN drops any DEFAULT not restated, so the
-// default is reapplied for MySQL afterwards. Postgres and MSSQL keep the existing
-// DEFAULT constraint independently of the type change.
-func WidenProjectBoardSorting(x *xorm.Engine) error {
-	// SQLite uses type affinity rather than strict types: a column declared TINYINT
-	// already stores any 64-bit int, so the widening is a no-op. Updating the
-	// declared type would require recreating the table (no ALTER COLUMN in SQLite)
-	// for no behavioral gain.
-	if setting.Database.Type.IsSQLite3() {
-		return nil
-	}
-	if err := base.ModifyColumn(x, "project_board", &schemas.Column{
-		Name:           "sorting",
-		SQLType:        schemas.SQLType{Name: "INT"},
-		Nullable:       false,
-		DefaultIsEmpty: true,
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if setting.Database.Type.IsMySQL() {
-		if _, err := x.Exec("ALTER TABLE `project_board` ALTER `sorting` SET DEFAULT 0"); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}

models/project/column.go

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ type Column struct {
 	ID      int64 `xorm:"pk autoincr"`
 	Title   string
 	Default bool   `xorm:"NOT NULL DEFAULT false"` // issues not assigned to a specific column will be assigned to this column
-	Sorting int    `xorm:"NOT NULL DEFAULT 0"`
+	Sorting int8   `xorm:"NOT NULL DEFAULT 0"`
 	Color   string `xorm:"VARCHAR(7)"`
 
 	ProjectID int64 `xorm:"INDEX NOT NULL"`
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ func createDefaultColumnsForProject(ctx context.Context, project *Project) error
 	})
 }
 
-// maxProjectColumns is the maximum number of columns allowed in a project.
+// maxProjectColumns max columns allowed in a project, this should not bigger than 127
+// because sorting is int8 in database
 const maxProjectColumns = 20
 
 // NewColumn adds a new project column to a given project
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ func NewColumn(ctx context.Context, column *Column) error {
 	if res.ColumnCount >= maxProjectColumns {
 		return errors.New("NewBoard: maximum number of columns reached")
 	}
-	column.Sorting = int(util.Iif(res.ColumnCount > 0, res.MaxSorting+1, 0))
+	column.Sorting = int8(util.Iif(res.ColumnCount > 0, res.MaxSorting+1, 0))
 	_, err := db.GetEngine(ctx).Insert(column)
 	return err
 }

models/project/column_test.go

@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ func Test_MoveColumnsOnProject(t *testing.T) {
 	columns, err := GetProjectColumns(t.Context(), project1.ID, db.ListOptionsAll)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Len(t, columns, 3)
-	assert.Equal(t, 0, columns[0].Sorting) // even if there is no default sorting, the code should also work
-	assert.Equal(t, 0, columns[1].Sorting)
-	assert.Equal(t, 0, columns[2].Sorting)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, 0, columns[0].Sorting) // even if there is no default sorting, the code should also work
+	assert.EqualValues(t, 0, columns[1].Sorting)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, 0, columns[2].Sorting)
 
 	err = MoveColumnsOnProject(t.Context(), project1, map[int64]int64{
 		0: columns[1].ID,

routers/api/v1/repo/project.go

@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ func EditProjectColumn(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 		column.Color = *form.Color
 	}
 	if form.Sorting != nil {
-		column.Sorting = *form.Sorting
+		column.Sorting = int8(*form.Sorting)
 	}
 
 	if err := project_model.UpdateColumn(ctx, column); err != nil {

services/convert/project.go

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func toProjectColumn(ctx context.Context, column *project_model.Column, doer *us
 		ID:        column.ID,
 		Title:     column.Title,
 		Default:   column.Default,
-		Sorting:   column.Sorting,
+		Sorting:   int(column.Sorting),
 		Color:     column.Color,
 		ProjectID: column.ProjectID,
 		NumIssues: column.NumIssues,

services/forms/repo_form.go

@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ type CreateProjectForm struct {
 // EditProjectColumnForm is a form for editing a project column
 type EditProjectColumnForm struct {
 	Title   string `binding:"Required;MaxSize(100)"`
-	Sorting int
+	Sorting int8
 	Color   string `binding:"MaxSize(7)"`
 }
 

tests/integration/project_test.go

@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ func TestMoveRepoProjectColumns(t *testing.T) {
 	columns, err := project_model.GetProjectColumns(t.Context(), project1.ID, db.ListOptionsAll)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Len(t, columns, 3)
-	assert.Equal(t, 0, columns[0].Sorting)
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, columns[1].Sorting)
-	assert.Equal(t, 2, columns[2].Sorting)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, 0, columns[0].Sorting)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, 1, columns[1].Sorting)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, 2, columns[2].Sorting)
 
 	sess := loginUser(t, "user1")
 	req := NewRequest(t, "GET", fmt.Sprintf("/%s/projects/%d", repo2.FullName(), project1.ID))