Read {ISSUE,MERGE_REQUESTS}_TEMPLATE from repository head

app/controllers/projects/issues_controller.rb

@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ class Projects::IssuesController < Projects::ApplicationController
     )
     @issue = @noteable = @project.issues.new(issue_params)
+
+    @issue.description = @project.repository_issues_template
+
     respond_with(@issue)
   end

app/models/project.rb

@@ -929,4 +929,16 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
   def wiki
     @wiki ||= ProjectWiki.new(self, self.owner)
   end
+
+  def repository_issues_template
+    repository.blob_at_branch('HEAD', 'ISSUE_TEMPLATE').data
+  rescue
+    nil
+  end
+
+  def repository_merge_requests_template
+    repository.blob_at_branch('HEAD', 'MERGE_REQUESTS_TEMPLATE').data
+  rescue
+    nil
+  end
 end

app/services/merge_requests/build_service.rb

@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ module MergeRequests
         merge_request.title = merge_request.source_branch.titleize.humanize
       end
+      merge_request.description = merge_request.target_project.repository_merge_requests_template
+
       merge_request
     end