Extend automatic issue closing regex to match space-separated issues

Description

problem

given an MR that have description Closes #1 #2, this MR will only close issue #1 (closed) when merged.

use cases

When submitting a MR that closes multiple issues, this will allow the user to provide list of space-separated issues.

Note that currently it's possible to provide comma , separated issues, example: closes #1, #2 will closes #1 (closed) & #2 (closed) once merged.

benefits

Easier usage.

Proposal

Extend automatic issue closing regex to match space-separated issues. Example:

given MR description Closes #1 #2

then the MR got merged

expected behaviour

Close issues #1 (closed) and #2 (closed).

actual behaviour

Close issue #1 (closed) and reference issue #2 (closed).

Links / references

N/A

@0xbsec Are you using GitLab.com or running your own instance of GitLab?

The reason that I ask is that the Issue Closing Pattern can be configured.

A suitable regex to include the following patterns:

• Closes #1 #2
• Closes #1, #2
• Closes #1 and #2

could be:

((?:[Cc]los(?:e[sd]|ing)|[Ff]ix(?:e[sd]|ing)?) +(?:(?:issues? +)?%{issue_ref}(?:(?: +and +|[ |,] *)?))+)

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@markglenfletcher Yep, I'm using my own instance of Gitlab.

Thanks for the fix, I've fixed locally but I though it would be useful to have in gitlab.com also.

@0xbsec Thanks for the update. This won't be changed for GitLab.com. We use the default setting.

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