Dashboards: Fix restoring dashboard to root folder (#89020)

* Fix restoring dashboard to root folder

* use a root folder representation instead of nil

* change root folder by general folder

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Co-authored-by: Ezequiel Victorero <ezequiel.victorero@grafana.com>

pkg/services/folder/folderimpl/folder.go

@@ -209,7 +209,10 @@ func (s *Service) Get(ctx context.Context, q *folder.GetFolderQuery) (*folder.Fo
 	var dashFolder *folder.Folder
 	var err error
 	switch {
-	case q.UID != nil && *q.UID != "":
+	case q.UID != nil:
+		if *q.UID == "" {
+			return &folder.GeneralFolder, nil
+		}
 		dashFolder, err = s.getFolderByUID(ctx, q.OrgID, *q.UID)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err

pkg/services/folder/folderimpl/folder_test.go

@@ -395,6 +395,21 @@ func TestIntegrationFolderService(t *testing.T) {
 					"For error '%s' expected error '%s', actual '%s'", tc.ActualError, tc.ExpectedError, actualError)
 			}
 		})
+
+		t.Run("Returns root folder", func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Run("When the folder UID is blank should return the root folder", func(t *testing.T) {
+				emptyString := ""
+				actual, err := service.Get(context.Background(), &folder.GetFolderQuery{
+					UID:          &emptyString,
+					OrgID:        1,
+					SignedInUser: usr,
+				})
+
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+				assert.Equal(t, folder.GeneralFolder.UID, actual.UID)
+				assert.Equal(t, folder.GeneralFolder.Title, actual.Title)
+			})
+		})
 	})
 }