From 5e9b26ae0a435aac07c4bd37d44999e2a8a145a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Gough <briangough@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 08:34:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Merge pull request #11412 from
 overleaf/bg-override-history-initialisation

allow history initialisation to be overridden

GitOrigin-RevId: e38c2147f7d335d368579ca53033d08906eb287b
---
 .../web/app/src/Features/Project/ProjectCreationHandler.js    | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/Project/ProjectCreationHandler.js b/services/web/app/src/Features/Project/ProjectCreationHandler.js
index 08cf1abc88..687993a7fa 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/Project/ProjectCreationHandler.js
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/Project/ProjectCreationHandler.js
@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ async function _createBlankProject(
   attributes.name = projectName
   const project = new Project(attributes)
 
-  if (project.overleaf.history.id == null) {
+  // Initialise the history unless the caller has overridden it in the attributes
+  // (to allow scripted creation of projects without full project history)
+  if (project.overleaf.history.id == null && !attributes.overleaf) {
     const historyId = await HistoryManager.promises.initializeProject(
       project._id
     )