[bugfix] Fix nil ptr exception on creating user without running server first (#4094)

# Description

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closes https://codeberg.org/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/issues/4049 by removing the silly defer statement. Adds a test too, and a warning in the docs.

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Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/pulls/4094
Co-authored-by: tobi <tobi.smethurst@protonmail.com>
Co-committed-by: tobi <tobi.smethurst@protonmail.com>

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/internal/db/bundb/admin_test.go b/internal/db/bundb/admin_test.go
index 0ac3cc073..247431e87 100644
--- a/internal/db/bundb/admin_test.go
+++ b/internal/db/bundb/admin_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"testing"
 
-	gtsmodel "code.superseriousbusiness.org/gotosocial/internal/db/bundb/migrations/20211113114307_init"
+	"code.superseriousbusiness.org/gotosocial/internal/gtsmodel"
 	"code.superseriousbusiness.org/gotosocial/testrig"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 )
@@ -92,6 +92,27 @@ func (suite *AdminTestSuite) TestCreateInstanceAccount() {
 	suite.NotNil(acct)
 }
 
+func (suite *AdminTestSuite) TestNewSignupWithNoInstanceApp() {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Delete the instance app.
+	if err := suite.state.DB.DeleteApplicationByID(
+		ctx,
+		suite.testApplications["instance_application"].ID,
+	); err != nil {
+		suite.FailNow(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	// Try to create a new signup with no provided app ID,
+	// it should fail as it can't fetch the instance app.
+	_, err := suite.state.DB.NewSignup(ctx, gtsmodel.NewSignup{
+		Username: "whatever",
+		Email:    "whatever@wherever.org",
+		Password: "really_good_password",
+	})
+	suite.EqualError(err, "NewSignup: instance application not yet created, run the server at least once *before* creating users")
+}
+
 func TestAdminTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
 	suite.Run(t, new(AdminTestSuite))
 }