Preserve draft edits when duplicating posts

[ncarazon]

This PR fixes a bug where duplicating a post and editing it would lose all edits on page refresh.

Changes:

• Changed shouldUseDraftValue condition from mode === "create" && isNil(post) to mode === "create", so duplicated posts also persist draft edits to localStorage

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Enhanced draft value persistence in the question creation interface to consistently apply when creating new questions or working with duplicates.

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Cleanup triggered by PR close at 2026-02-10T08:34:10Z

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

A condition for draft value persistence in create mode was simplified by removing the post existence check, allowing draft values to apply to both new posts and duplicates. Explanatory comments were added to clarify the new behavior.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Draft Handling Logic front_end/src/app/(main)/questions/create/[content_type]/page.tsx	Simplified the condition for using draft values in create mode by removing the isNil(post) check. Draft values now persist for both new posts and duplicates when mode is "create", with supporting comments added.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~2 minutes

Poem

🐰 A draft persists through create's refrain,
No post check needed, logic made plain,
Duplicates welcome, new posts alike,
Simplicity's path—just the way we like! ✨

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Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title directly describes the main change: enabling draft persistence for duplicated posts, which is exactly what the changeset addresses.

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