Present group and dashboard MR list without grouping by project

app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class DashboardController < Dashboard::ApplicationController
   before_action :event_filter, only: :activity
   before_action :projects, only: [:issues, :merge_requests]
+  before_action :set_show_full_reference, only: [:issues, :merge_requests]
   respond_to :html
@@ -34,4 +35,8 @@ class DashboardController < Dashboard::ApplicationController
     @events = @event_filter.apply_filter(@events).with_associations
     @events = @events.limit(20).offset(params[:offset] || 0)
   end
+
+  def set_show_full_reference
+    @show_full_reference = true
+  end
 end

app/models/issue.rb

@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ class Issue < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
   end
-  def to_reference(from = nil, full_path: false)
+  def to_reference(from = nil, full: false)
     reference = "#{self.class.reference_prefix}#{iid}"
-    "#{project.to_reference(from, full_path: full_path)}#{reference}"
+    "#{project.to_reference(from, full: full)}#{reference}"
   end
   def referenced_merge_requests(current_user = nil)

app/models/project.rb

@@ -591,10 +591,12 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
   end
-  def to_reference(from = nil, full_path: false)
-    return path_with_namespace if full_path
-
-    path_from(from)
+  def to_reference(from = nil, full: false)
+    if full || cross_namespace_reference?(from)
+      path_with_namespace
+    elsif cross_project_reference?(from)
+      path
+    end
   end
   def to_human_reference(from_project = nil)
@@ -1289,19 +1291,12 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
   private
-  def path_from(from)
-    if cross_namespace_reference?(from)
-      path_with_namespace
-    elsif cross_project_reference?(from)
-      path
-    end
-  end
-
   def cross_namespace_reference?(from)
-    if from.is_a?(Project)
-      from && namespace != from.namespace
-    else
-      from && namespace != from
+    case from
+    when Project
+      namespace != from.namespace
+    when Namespace
+      namespace != from
     end
   end

app/views/projects/issues/_issue.html.haml

@@ -34,13 +34,8 @@
           = note_count
   .issue-info
-    - if controller_name == "dashboard"
-      #{issue.to_reference(full_path: true)}
-    - else
-      #{issue.to_reference(@group || @project)}
-
+    = @show_full_reference ? issue.to_reference(full: true) : issue.to_reference(@group || @project)
     ·
-
     opened #{time_ago_with_tooltip(issue.created_at, placement: 'bottom')}
     by #{link_to_member(@project, issue.author, avatar: false)}
     - if issue.milestone

app/views/projects/merge_requests/_merge_request.html.haml

@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
           = note_count
   .merge-request-info
-    #{merge_request.to_reference} ·
+    = @show_full_reference ? merge_request.to_reference(full: true) : merge_request.to_reference(@group || @project)
+    ·
     opened #{time_ago_with_tooltip(merge_request.created_at, placement: 'bottom')}
     by #{link_to_member(@project, merge_request.author, avatar: false)}
     - if merge_request.target_project.default_branch != merge_request.target_branch

app/views/shared/_merge_requests.html.haml

 - if @merge_requests.to_a.any?
-  - @merge_requests.group_by(&:target_project).each do |group|
-    .panel.panel-default.panel-small
-      - project = group[0]
-      .panel-heading
-        = link_to project.name_with_namespace, namespace_project_merge_requests_path(project.namespace, project)
-        - if can?(current_user, :create_merge_request, project)
-          .pull-right
-            = link_to 'New merge request', new_namespace_project_merge_request_path(project.namespace, project)
-      %ul.content-list.mr-list
-        - group[1].each do |merge_request|
-          = render 'projects/merge_requests/merge_request', merge_request: merge_request
+  .panel.panel-default.panel-small
+    %ul.content-list.mr-list
+      = render partial: 'projects/merge_requests/merge_request', collection: @merge_requests
   = paginate @merge_requests, theme: "gitlab"
 - else

spec/models/issue_spec.rb

@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ describe Issue, models: true do
       end
     end
-    context 'when full_path is true' do
+    context 'when full is true' do
       it 'returns complete path to the issue' do
-        expect(issue.to_reference(full_path: true)).to          eq 'sample-namespace/sample-project#1'
-        expect(issue.to_reference(project, full_path: true)).to eq 'sample-namespace/sample-project#1'
-        expect(issue.to_reference(group, full_path: true)).to   eq 'sample-namespace/sample-project#1'
+        expect(issue.to_reference(full: true)).to          eq 'sample-namespace/sample-project#1'
+        expect(issue.to_reference(project, full: true)).to eq 'sample-namespace/sample-project#1'
+        expect(issue.to_reference(group, full: true)).to   eq 'sample-namespace/sample-project#1'
       end
     end

spec/models/project_spec.rb

@@ -293,11 +293,11 @@ describe Project, models: true do
       end
     end
-    context 'when full_path is true' do
+    context 'when full is true' do
       it 'returns complete path to the project' do
-        expect(project.to_reference(full_path: true)).to          eq 'sample-namespace/sample-project'
-        expect(project.to_reference(project, full_path: true)).to eq 'sample-namespace/sample-project'
-        expect(project.to_reference(group, full_path: true)).to   eq 'sample-namespace/sample-project'
+        expect(project.to_reference(full: true)).to          eq 'sample-namespace/sample-project'
+        expect(project.to_reference(project, full: true)).to eq 'sample-namespace/sample-project'
+        expect(project.to_reference(group, full: true)).to   eq 'sample-namespace/sample-project'
       end
     end