gets merge request discussion working again

app/assets/javascripts/issue.js.coffee

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ class @Issue
         url: url,
         error: (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) ->
           issueStatus = if isClose then 'close' else 'open'
-          console.log('failed here')
           new Flash(issueFailMessage, 'alert')
         success: (data, textStatus, jqXHR) ->
           if data.saved
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ class @Issue
               $('div.status-box-closed').addClass('hidden')
               $('div.status-box-open').removeClass('hidden')
           else
-            console.log('failed there')
             new Flash(issueFailMessage, 'alert')
           $this.prop('disabled', false)

app/assets/javascripts/merge_request.js.coffee

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class @MergeRequest
     # Prevent duplicate event bindings
     @disableTaskList()
+    @initMRBtnListeners()
     if $("a.btn-close").length
       @initTaskList()
@@ -43,6 +44,27 @@ class @MergeRequest
     $('.detail-page-description .js-task-list-container').taskList('enable')
     $(document).on 'tasklist:changed', '.detail-page-description .js-task-list-container', @updateTaskList
+  initMRBtnListeners: ->
+    _this = @
+    $('a.btn-close, a.btn-reopen').on 'click', (e) ->
+      $this = $(this)
+      if $this.data('submitted')
+        return
+      e.preventDefault()
+      e.stopImmediatePropagation()
+      shouldSubmit = $this.hasClass('btn-comment')
+      console.log("shouldSubmit")
+      if shouldSubmit
+        _this.submitNoteForm($this.closest('form'),$this)
+
+  submitNoteForm: (form, $button) =>
+    noteText = form.find("textarea.js-note-text").val()
+    if noteText.trim().length > 0
+      form.submit()
+      $button.data('submitted',true)
+      $button.trigger('click')
+
+
   disableTaskList: ->
     $('.detail-page-description .js-task-list-container').taskList('disable')
     $(document).off 'tasklist:changed', '.detail-page-description .js-task-list-container'

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

 - content_for :note_actions do
   - if can?(current_user, :update_merge_request, @merge_request)
     - if @merge_request.open?
-      = link_to 'Close', merge_request_path(@merge_request, merge_request: {state_event: :close }), method: :put, class: "btn btn-nr btn-grouped btn-close close-mr-link js-note-target-close", title: "Close merge request"
+      = link_to 'Close', merge_request_path(@merge_request, merge_request: {state_event: :close }), method: :put, class: "btn btn-nr btn-comment btn-grouped btn-close close-mr-link js-note-target-close", title: "Close merge request"
     - if @merge_request.closed?
-      = link_to 'Reopen', merge_request_path(@merge_request, merge_request: {state_event: :reopen }), method: :put, class: "btn btn-nr btn-grouped btn-reopen reopen-mr-link js-note-target-reopen", title: "Reopen merge request"
+      = link_to 'Reopen', merge_request_path(@merge_request, merge_request: {state_event: :reopen }), method: :put, class: "btn btn-nr btn-comment btn-grouped btn-reopen reopen-mr-link js-note-target-reopen", title: "Reopen merge request"
 #notes= render "projects/notes/notes_with_form"