[Bug] [API] repoCreateFile return 500 if branch not exist

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as title

try: curl -X POST "https://try.gitea.io/api/v1/repos/abcKing/repo_uninit/contents/README.md?token=yourtocken" -H "accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{ \"author\": { \"email\": \"[email protected]\", \"name\": \"string\" }, \"branch\": \"string\", \"committer\": { \"email\": \"[email protected]\", \"name\": \"string\" }, \"content\": \"c3RyaW5nCg==\", \"dates\": { \"author\": \"2020-04-06T01:37:35.137Z\", \"committer\": \"2020-04-06T01:37:35.137Z\" }, \"message\": \"string\"}"

It return:

{
  "message": "branch does not exist [name: string]",
  "url": "https://try.gitea.io/api/swagger"
}

Gitea Version: 1.12.0+dev-89-gb264c3039

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Expecting 404 or 422

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tested - still exist