Only use input placeholders when they add value

app/views/projects/blob/_new_dir.html.haml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
           .form-group
             = label_tag :dir_name, 'Directory name', class: 'control-label'
             .col-sm-10
-              = text_field_tag :dir_name, params[:dir_name], placeholder: "Directory name", required: true, class: 'form-control'
+              = text_field_tag :dir_name, params[:dir_name], required: true, class: 'form-control'
 
           = render 'shared/new_commit_form', placeholder: "Add new directory"
 

app/views/projects/branches/new.html.haml

@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@
   .form-group
     = label_tag :branch_name, nil, class: 'control-label'
     .col-sm-10
-      = text_field_tag :branch_name, params[:branch_name], placeholder: 'enter new branch name', required: true, tabindex: 1, class: 'form-control'
+      = text_field_tag :branch_name, params[:branch_name], required: true, tabindex: 1, autofocus: true, class: 'form-control'
   .form-group
     = label_tag :ref, 'Create from', class: 'control-label'
     .col-sm-10
-      = text_field_tag :ref, params[:ref], placeholder: 'existing branch name, tag or commit SHA', required: true, tabindex: 2, class: 'form-control'
+      = text_field_tag :ref, params[:ref] || @project.default_branch, required: true, tabindex: 2, class: 'form-control'
+      .help-block Existing branch name, tag, or commit SHA
   .form-actions
     = button_tag 'Create branch', class: 'btn btn-create', tabindex: 3
     = link_to 'Cancel', namespace_project_branches_path(@project.namespace, @project), class: 'btn btn-cancel'

app/views/projects/edit.html.haml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
               = f.label :name, class: 'control-label' do
                 Project name
               .col-sm-10
-                = f.text_field :name, placeholder: "Example Project", class: "form-control", id: "project_name_edit"
+                = f.text_field :name, class: "form-control", id: "project_name_edit"
 
 
             .form-group
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
                 Project description
                 %span.light (optional)
               .col-sm-10
-                = f.text_area :description, placeholder: "Awesome project", class: "form-control", rows: 3, maxlength: 250
+                = f.text_area :description, class: "form-control", rows: 3, maxlength: 250
 
             - if @project.repository.exists? && @project.repository.branch_names.any?
               .form-group
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
                 Project name
               .col-sm-9
                 .form-group
-                  = f.text_field :name, placeholder: "Example Project", class: "form-control"
+                  = f.text_field :name, class: "form-control"
             .form-group
               = f.label :path, class: 'control-label' do
                 %span Path

app/views/projects/new.html.haml

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
           Description
           %span.light (optional)
         .col-sm-10
-          = f.text_area :description, placeholder: "Awesome project", class: "form-control", rows: 3, maxlength: 250, tabindex: 3
+          = f.text_area :description, class: "form-control", rows: 3, maxlength: 250, tabindex: 3
       = render 'shared/visibility_level', f: f, visibility_level: default_project_visibility, can_change_visibility_level: true, form_model: @project
 
       .form-actions

app/views/projects/tags/new.html.haml

@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@
   .form-group
     = label_tag :tag_name, nil, class: 'control-label'
     .col-sm-10
-      = text_field_tag :tag_name, params[:tag_name], placeholder: 'v3.0.1', required: true, tabindex: 1, class: 'form-control'
+      = text_field_tag :tag_name, params[:tag_name], required: true, tabindex: 1, autofocus: true, class: 'form-control'
   .form-group
     = label_tag :ref, 'Create from', class: 'control-label'
     .col-sm-10
-      = text_field_tag :ref, params[:ref], placeholder: 'master', required: true, tabindex: 2, class: 'form-control'
+      = text_field_tag :ref, params[:ref] || @project.default_branch, required: true, tabindex: 2, class: 'form-control'
       .help-block  Branch name or commit SHA
   .form-group
     = label_tag :message, nil, class: 'control-label'
     .col-sm-10
-      = text_field_tag :message, nil, placeholder: 'Enter message.', required: false, tabindex: 3, class: 'form-control'
+      = text_field_tag :message, nil, required: false, tabindex: 3, class: 'form-control'
       .help-block Optionally, enter a message to create an annotated tag.
   %hr
   .form-group

app/views/shared/snippets/_form.html.haml

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 
     .form-group
       = f.label :title, class: 'control-label'
-      .col-sm-10= f.text_field :title, placeholder: "Example Snippet", class: 'form-control', required: true
+      .col-sm-10
+        = f.text_field :title, class: 'form-control', required: true, autofocus: true
 
     = render 'shared/visibility_level', f: f, visibility_level: visibility_level, can_change_visibility_level: true, form_model: @snippet