Remove files in web editor using rugged

Gemfile

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ gem "browser"
 
 # Extracting information from a git repository
 # Provide access to Gitlab::Git library
-gem "gitlab_git", '~> 7.2.1'
+gem "gitlab_git", '~> 7.2.2'
 
 # Ruby/Rack Git Smart-HTTP Server Handler
 # GitLab fork with a lot of changes (improved thread-safety, better memory usage etc)

Gemfile.lock

@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ GEM
       mime-types (~> 1.19)
     gitlab_emoji (0.1.0)
       gemojione (~> 2.0)
-    gitlab_git (7.2.1)
+    gitlab_git (7.2.2)
       activesupport (~> 4.0)
       charlock_holmes (~> 0.6)
       gitlab-linguist (~> 3.0)
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   gitlab-grack (~> 2.0.2)
   gitlab-linguist (~> 3.0.1)
   gitlab_emoji (~> 0.1)
-  gitlab_git (~> 7.2.1)
+  gitlab_git (~> 7.2.2)
   gitlab_meta (= 7.0)
   gitlab_omniauth-ldap (= 1.2.1)
   gollum-lib (~> 4.0.2)

app/models/repository.rb

@@ -373,15 +373,10 @@ class Repository
   def commit_file(user, path, content, message, ref)
     path[0] = '' if path[0] == '/'
 
-    author = {
-      email: user.email,
-      name: user.name,
-      time: Time.now
-    }
-
+    committer = user_to_comitter(user)
     options = {}
-    options[:committer] = author
-    options[:author] = author
+    options[:committer] = committer
+    options[:author] = committer
     options[:commit] = {
       message: message,
       branch: ref
@@ -395,8 +390,35 @@ class Repository
     Gitlab::Git::Blob.commit(raw_repository, options)
   end
 
+  def remove_file(user, path, message, ref)
+    path[0] = '' if path[0] == '/'
+
+    committer = user_to_comitter(user)
+    options = {}
+    options[:committer] = committer
+    options[:author] = committer
+    options[:commit] = {
+      message: message,
+      branch: ref
+    }
+
+    options[:file] = {
+      path: path
+    }
+
+    Gitlab::Git::Blob.remove(raw_repository, options)
+  end
+
   private
 
+  def user_to_comitter(user)
+    {
+      email: user.email,
+      name: user.name,
+      time: Time.now
+    }
+  end
+
   def cache
     @cache ||= RepositoryCache.new(path_with_namespace)
   end

app/services/files/delete_service.rb

@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@ module Files
         return error("You can only edit text files")
       end
 
-      delete_file_action = Gitlab::Satellite::DeleteFileAction.new(current_user, project, ref, path)
-
-      deleted_successfully = delete_file_action.commit!(
-        nil,
-        params[:commit_message]
+      sha = repository.remove_file(
+        current_user,
+        path,
+        params[:commit_message],
+        ref
       )
 
-      if deleted_successfully
+      if sha
+        after_commit(sha)
         success
       else
         error("Your changes could not be committed, because the file has been changed")