Improved messaging for cloning/editing assets that inherit images

Signed-off-by: snipe <snipe@snipe.net>

app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php

@@ -652,8 +652,9 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
      */
     public function getClone(Asset $asset)
     {
-        $this->authorize('create', $asset);
+        $this->authorize('create', Asset::class);
         $cloned = clone $asset;
+        $cloned_model = $asset;
         $cloned->id = null;
         $cloned->asset_tag = '';
         $cloned->serial = '';
@@ -663,6 +664,7 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
         return view('hardware/edit')
             ->with('statuslabel_list', Helper::statusLabelList())
             ->with('statuslabel_types', Helper::statusTypeList())
+            ->with('cloned_model', $cloned_model)
             ->with('item', $cloned);
     }
 

resources/lang/en-US/general.php

@@ -600,6 +600,7 @@ return [
     'build' => 'build',
     'use_cloned_image' => 'Clone image from original',
     'use_cloned_image_help' => 'You may clone the original image or you can upload a new one using the upload field below.',
+    'use_cloned_no_image_help' => 'This item does not have an associated image and instead inherits from the model or category it belongs to. If you would like to use a specific image for this item, you can upload a new one below.',
     'footer_credit' => '<a target="_blank" href="https://snipeitapp.com" rel="noopener">Snipe-IT</a> is open source software, made with <i class="fa fa-heart" aria-hidden="true" style="color: #a94442; font-size: 10px" /></i><span class="sr-only">love</span> by <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/snipeitapp.com" rel="noopener">@snipeitapp.com</a>.',
     'set_password' => 'Set a Password',
 

resources/views/partials/forms/edit/image-upload.blade.php

@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@
             {!! $errors->first('image_delete', '<span class="alert-msg">:message</span>') !!}
         </div>
     </div>
+   @elseif (isset($item) && (isset($item->model)) && ($item->model->image != ''))
+        <div class="form-group">
+            <div class="col-md-8 col-md-offset-3">
+                <p class="text-info">
+                    <x-icon type="info-circle" /> {{ trans('general.use_cloned_no_image_help') }}
+                </p>
+            </div>
+        </div>
    @endif
 @endif
 <!-- Image Upload and preview -->