feature: make post's coverImage not required in schema and confirm frontend doesnt rely on an image

[kenjonespizza]

Description

Made the coverImage field optional in the Post schema.

What to review

• Sanity schema change in studio/src/schemaTypes/documents/post.ts - removed required validation
• Generated type updates in frontend/sanity.types.ts - coverImage now typed as optional (coverImage?: {...} | null)
• Frontend already handles missing images correctly with conditional rendering

Testing

Verified that:

• Posts can be created without a cover image in Sanity Studio
• Frontend safely handles missing cover images with null checks (post?.coverImage && <CoverImage ...>)
• TypeScript types correctly reflect optional field
• No runtime errors when rendering posts without images

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Project	Deployment	Preview	Comments	Updated (UTC)
template-nextjs-clean	Ready	Preview	Comment	Dec 4, 2025 10:41pm

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Pull request overview

This PR makes the coverImage field optional in the Post schema, removing the required validation from Sanity Studio and updating generated TypeScript types accordingly. The frontend already handles missing cover images with conditional rendering, so no frontend code changes were needed.

Key Changes:

• Removed required validation from coverImage field in Post schema
• Updated TypeScript types to reflect optional coverImage field (coverImage?: {...} | null)

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 3 out of 4 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

File	Description
studio/src/schemaTypes/documents/post.ts	Removed required validation from coverImage field
studio/schema.json	Updated schema definition to mark coverImage as optional and reordered type definitions
frontend/sanity.types.ts	Updated generated types to reflect optional coverImage field and reordered type definitions

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[kmelve]

LGTM!