Merge branch '28558-create-new-branch-from-issue-page' into 'master'

Allow to create new branch and empty WIP merge request from issue page

See merge request !10018

app/assets/javascripts/create_merge_request_dropdown.js

+/* eslint-disable no-new */
+/* global Flash */
+import DropLab from './droplab/drop_lab';
+import ISetter from './droplab/plugins/input_setter';
+
+// Todo: Remove this when fixing issue in input_setter plugin
+const InputSetter = Object.assign({}, ISetter);
+
+const CREATE_MERGE_REQUEST = 'create-mr';
+const CREATE_BRANCH = 'create-branch';
+
+export default class CreateMergeRequestDropdown {
+  constructor(wrapperEl) {
+    this.wrapperEl = wrapperEl;
+    this.createMergeRequestButton = this.wrapperEl.querySelector('.js-create-merge-request');
+    this.dropdownToggle = this.wrapperEl.querySelector('.js-dropdown-toggle');
+    this.dropdownList = this.wrapperEl.querySelector('.dropdown-menu');
+    this.availableButton = this.wrapperEl.querySelector('.available');
+    this.unavailableButton = this.wrapperEl.querySelector('.unavailable');
+    this.unavailableButtonArrow = this.unavailableButton.querySelector('.fa');
+    this.unavailableButtonText = this.unavailableButton.querySelector('.text');
+
+    this.createBranchPath = this.wrapperEl.dataset.createBranchPath;
+    this.canCreatePath = this.wrapperEl.dataset.canCreatePath;
+    this.createMrPath = this.wrapperEl.dataset.createMrPath;
+    this.droplabInitialized = false;
+    this.isCreatingMergeRequest = false;
+    this.mergeRequestCreated = false;
+    this.isCreatingBranch = false;
+    this.branchCreated = false;
+
+    this.init();
+  }
+
+  init() {
+    this.checkAbilityToCreateBranch();
+  }
+
+  available() {
+    this.availableButton.classList.remove('hide');
+    this.unavailableButton.classList.add('hide');
+  }
+
+  unavailable() {
+    this.availableButton.classList.add('hide');
+    this.unavailableButton.classList.remove('hide');
+  }
+
+  enable() {
+    this.createMergeRequestButton.classList.remove('disabled');
+    this.createMergeRequestButton.removeAttribute('disabled');
+
+    this.dropdownToggle.classList.remove('disabled');
+    this.dropdownToggle.removeAttribute('disabled');
+  }
+
+  disable() {
+    this.createMergeRequestButton.classList.add('disabled');
+    this.createMergeRequestButton.setAttribute('disabled', 'disabled');
+
+    this.dropdownToggle.classList.add('disabled');
+    this.dropdownToggle.setAttribute('disabled', 'disabled');
+  }
+
+  hide() {
+    this.wrapperEl.classList.add('hide');
+  }
+
+  setUnavailableButtonState(isLoading = true) {
+    if (isLoading) {
+      this.unavailableButtonArrow.classList.add('fa-spinner', 'fa-spin');
+      this.unavailableButtonArrow.classList.remove('fa-exclamation-triangle');
+      this.unavailableButtonText.textContent = 'Checking branch availability…';
+    } else {
+      this.unavailableButtonArrow.classList.remove('fa-spinner', 'fa-spin');
+      this.unavailableButtonArrow.classList.add('fa-exclamation-triangle');
+      this.unavailableButtonText.textContent = 'New branch unavailable';
+    }
+  }
+
+  checkAbilityToCreateBranch() {
+    return $.ajax({
+      type: 'GET',
+      dataType: 'json',
+      url: this.canCreatePath,
+      beforeSend: () => this.setUnavailableButtonState(),
+    })
+    .done((data) => {
+      this.setUnavailableButtonState(false);
+
+      if (data.can_create_branch) {
+        this.available();
+        this.enable();
+
+        if (!this.droplabInitialized) {
+          this.droplabInitialized = true;
+          this.initDroplab();
+          this.bindEvents();
+        }
+      } else if (data.has_related_branch) {
+        this.hide();
+      }
+    }).fail(() => {
+      this.unavailable();
+      this.disable();
+      new Flash('Failed to check if a new branch can be created.');
+    });
+  }
+
+  initDroplab() {
+    this.droplab = new DropLab();
+
+    this.droplab.init(this.dropdownToggle, this.dropdownList, [InputSetter],
+      this.getDroplabConfig());
+  }
+
+  getDroplabConfig() {
+    return {
+      InputSetter: [{
+        input: this.createMergeRequestButton,
+        valueAttribute: 'data-value',
+        inputAttribute: 'data-action',
+      }, {
+        input: this.createMergeRequestButton,
+        valueAttribute: 'data-text',
+      }],
+    };
+  }
+
+  bindEvents() {
+    this.createMergeRequestButton
+      .addEventListener('click', this.onClickCreateMergeRequestButton.bind(this));
+  }
+
+  isBusy() {
+    return this.isCreatingMergeRequest ||
+      this.mergeRequestCreated ||
+      this.isCreatingBranch ||
+      this.branchCreated;
+  }
+
+  onClickCreateMergeRequestButton(e) {
+    let xhr = null;
+    e.preventDefault();
+
+    if (this.isBusy()) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (e.target.dataset.action === CREATE_MERGE_REQUEST) {
+      xhr = this.createMergeRequest();
+    } else if (e.target.dataset.action === CREATE_BRANCH) {
+      xhr = this.createBranch();
+    }
+
+    xhr.fail(() => {
+      this.isCreatingMergeRequest = false;
+      this.isCreatingBranch = false;
+    });
+
+    xhr.always(() => this.enable());
+
+    this.disable();
+  }
+
+  createMergeRequest() {
+    return $.ajax({
+      method: 'POST',
+      dataType: 'json',
+      url: this.createMrPath,
+      beforeSend: () => (this.isCreatingMergeRequest = true),
+    })
+    .done((data) => {
+      this.mergeRequestCreated = true;
+      window.location.href = data.url;
+    })
+    .fail(() => new Flash('Failed to create Merge Request. Please try again.'));
+  }
+
+  createBranch() {
+    return $.ajax({
+      method: 'POST',
+      dataType: 'json',
+      url: this.createBranchPath,
+      beforeSend: () => (this.isCreatingBranch = true),
+    })
+    .done((data) => {
+      this.branchCreated = true;
+      window.location.href = data.url;
+    })
+    .fail(() => new Flash('Failed to create a branch for this issue. Please try again.'));
+  }
+}

app/assets/javascripts/issue.js

 /* eslint-disable func-names, space-before-function-paren, no-var, prefer-rest-params, wrap-iife, one-var, no-underscore-dangle, one-var-declaration-per-line, object-shorthand, no-unused-vars, no-new, comma-dangle, consistent-return, quotes, dot-notation, quote-props, prefer-arrow-callback, max-len */
-/* global Flash */
+ /* global Flash */
+import CreateMergeRequestDropdown from './create_merge_request_dropdown';
 require('./flash');
 require('~/lib/utils/text_utility');
@@ -18,48 +19,49 @@ class Issue {
           document.querySelector('#task_status_short').innerText = result.task_status_short;
         }
       });
-      Issue.initIssueBtnEventListeners();
+      this.initIssueBtnEventListeners();
     }
     Issue.$btnNewBranch = $('#new-branch');
+    Issue.createMrDropdownWrap = document.querySelector('.create-mr-dropdown-wrap');
     Issue.initMergeRequests();
     Issue.initRelatedBranches();
-    Issue.initCanCreateBranch();
+
+    if (Issue.createMrDropdownWrap) {
+      this.createMergeRequestDropdown = new CreateMergeRequestDropdown(Issue.createMrDropdownWrap);
+    }
   }
-  static initIssueBtnEventListeners() {
+  initIssueBtnEventListeners() {
     const issueFailMessage = 'Unable to update this issue at this time.';
-
     const closeButtons = $('a.btn-close');
     const isClosedBadge = $('div.status-box-closed');
     const isOpenBadge = $('div.status-box-open');
     const projectIssuesCounter = $('.issue_counter');
     const reopenButtons = $('a.btn-reopen');
-    return closeButtons.add(reopenButtons).on('click', function(e) {
-      var $this, shouldSubmit, url;
+    return closeButtons.add(reopenButtons).on('click', (e) => {
+      var $button, shouldSubmit, url;
       e.preventDefault();
       e.stopImmediatePropagation();
-      $this = $(this);
-      shouldSubmit = $this.hasClass('btn-comment');
+      $button = $(e.currentTarget);
+      shouldSubmit = $button.hasClass('btn-comment');
       if (shouldSubmit) {
-        Issue.submitNoteForm($this.closest('form'));
+        Issue.submitNoteForm($button.closest('form'));
       }
-      $this.prop('disabled', true);
-      Issue.setNewBranchButtonState(true, null);
-      url = $this.attr('href');
+      $button.prop('disabled', true);
+      url = $button.attr('href');
       return $.ajax({
         type: 'PUT',
         url: url
-      }).fail(function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
-        new Flash(issueFailMessage);
-        Issue.initCanCreateBranch();
-      }).done(function(data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
+      })
+      .fail(() => new Flash(issueFailMessage))
+      .done((data) => {
         if ('id' in data) {
           $(document).trigger('issuable:change');
-          const isClosed = $this.hasClass('btn-close');
+          const isClosed = $button.hasClass('btn-close');
           closeButtons.toggleClass('hidden', isClosed);
           reopenButtons.toggleClass('hidden', !isClosed);
           isClosedBadge.toggleClass('hidden', !isClosed);
@@ -68,12 +70,21 @@ class Issue {
           let numProjectIssues = Number(projectIssuesCounter.text().replace(/[^\d]/, ''));
           numProjectIssues = isClosed ? numProjectIssues - 1 : numProjectIssues + 1;
           projectIssuesCounter.text(gl.text.addDelimiter(numProjectIssues));
+
+          if (this.createMergeRequestDropdown) {
+            if (isClosed) {
+              this.createMergeRequestDropdown.unavailable();
+              this.createMergeRequestDropdown.disable();
+            } else {
+              // We should check in case a branch was created in another tab
+              this.createMergeRequestDropdown.checkAbilityToCreateBranch();
+            }
+          }
         } else {
           new Flash(issueFailMessage);
         }
-        $this.prop('disabled', false);
-        Issue.initCanCreateBranch();
+        $button.prop('disabled', false);
       });
     });
   }
@@ -109,29 +120,6 @@ class Issue {
       }
     });
   }
-
-  static initCanCreateBranch() {
-    // If the user doesn't have the required permissions the container isn't
-    // rendered at all.
-    if (Issue.$btnNewBranch.length === 0) {
-      return;
-    }
-    return $.getJSON(Issue.$btnNewBranch.data('path')).fail(function() {
-      Issue.setNewBranchButtonState(false, false);
-      new Flash('Failed to check if a new branch can be created.');
-    }).done(function(data) {
-      Issue.setNewBranchButtonState(false, data.can_create_branch);
-    });
-  }
-
-  static setNewBranchButtonState(isPending, canCreate) {
-    if (Issue.$btnNewBranch.length === 0) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    Issue.$btnNewBranch.find('.available').toggle(!isPending && canCreate);
-    Issue.$btnNewBranch.find('.unavailable').toggle(!isPending && !canCreate);
-  }
 }
 export default Issue;

app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issues.scss

@@ -161,3 +161,86 @@ ul.related-merge-requests > li {
 .recaptcha {
   margin-bottom: 30px;
 }
+
+.new-branch-col {
+  padding-top: 10px;
+}
+
+.create-mr-dropdown-wrap {
+  .btn-group:not(.hide) {
+    display: flex;
+  }
+
+  .js-create-merge-request {
+    flex-grow: 1;
+    flex-shrink: 0;
+  }
+
+  .dropdown-menu {
+    width: 300px;
+    opacity: 1;
+    visibility: visible;
+    transform: translateY(0);
+    display: none;
+  }
+
+  .dropdown-toggle {
+    .fa-caret-down {
+      pointer-events: none;
+      margin-left: 0;
+      color: inherit;
+      margin-left: 0;
+    }
+  }
+
+  li:not(.divider) {
+    padding: 6px;
+    cursor: pointer;
+
+    &:hover,
+    &:focus {
+      background-color: $dropdown-hover-color;
+      color: $white-light;
+    }
+
+    &.droplab-item-selected {
+      .icon-container {
+        i {
+          visibility: visible;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    .icon-container {
+      float: left;
+      padding-left: 6px;
+
+      i {
+        visibility: hidden;
+      }
+    }
+
+    .description {
+      padding-left: 30px;
+      font-size: 13px;
+
+      strong {
+        display: block;
+        font-weight: 600;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+@media (min-width: $screen-sm-min) {
+  .new-branch-col {
+    padding-top: 0;
+    text-align: right;
+  }
+
+  .create-mr-dropdown-wrap {
+    .btn-group:not(.hide) {
+      display: inline-block;
+    }
+  }
+}

app/controllers/projects/branches_controller.rb

@@ -46,20 +46,28 @@ class Projects::BranchesController < Projects::ApplicationController
       SystemNoteService.new_issue_branch(issue, @project, current_user, branch_name) if issue
     end
-    if result[:status] == :success
-      @branch = result[:branch]
-
-      if redirect_to_autodeploy
-        redirect_to(
-          url_to_autodeploy_setup(project, branch_name),
-          notice: view_context.autodeploy_flash_notice(branch_name))
-      else
-        redirect_to namespace_project_tree_path(@project.namespace, @project,
-                                                @branch.name)
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html do
+        if result[:status] == :success
+          if redirect_to_autodeploy
+            redirect_to url_to_autodeploy_setup(project, branch_name),
+              notice: view_context.autodeploy_flash_notice(branch_name)
+          else
+            redirect_to namespace_project_tree_path(@project.namespace, @project, branch_name)
+          end
+        else
+          @error = result[:message]
+          render action: 'new'
+        end
+      end
+
+      format.json do
+        if result[:status] == :success
+          render json: { name: branch_name, url: namespace_project_tree_url(@project.namespace, @project, branch_name) }
+        else
+          render json: result[:messsage], status: :unprocessable_entity
+        end
       end
-    else
-      @error = result[:message]
-      render action: 'new'
     end
   end

app/controllers/projects/issues_controller.rb

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class Projects::IssuesController < Projects::ApplicationController
   before_action :redirect_to_external_issue_tracker, only: [:index, :new]
   before_action :module_enabled
   before_action :issue, only: [:edit, :update, :show, :referenced_merge_requests,
-                               :related_branches, :can_create_branch, :rendered_title]
+                               :related_branches, :can_create_branch, :rendered_title, :create_merge_request]
   # Allow read any issue
   before_action :authorize_read_issue!, only: [:show, :rendered_title]
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ class Projects::IssuesController < Projects::ApplicationController
   # Allow modify issue
   before_action :authorize_update_issue!, only: [:edit, :update]
+  # Allow create a new branch and empty WIP merge request from current issue
+  before_action :authorize_create_merge_request!, only: [:create_merge_request]
+
   respond_to :html
   def index
@@ -191,7 +194,7 @@ class Projects::IssuesController < Projects::ApplicationController
     respond_to do |format|
       format.json do
-        render json: { can_create_branch: can_create }
+        render json: { can_create_branch: can_create, has_related_branch: @issue.has_related_branch? }
       end
     end
   end
@@ -201,6 +204,16 @@ class Projects::IssuesController < Projects::ApplicationController
     render json: { title: view_context.markdown_field(@issue, :title) }
   end
+  def create_merge_request
+    result = MergeRequests::CreateFromIssueService.new(project, current_user, issue_iid: issue.iid).execute
+
+    if result[:status] == :success
+      render json: MergeRequestCreateSerializer.new.represent(result[:merge_request])
+    else
+      render json: result[:messsage], status: :unprocessable_entity
+    end
+  end
+
   protected
   def issue
@@ -224,6 +237,10 @@ class Projects::IssuesController < Projects::ApplicationController
     return render_404 unless can?(current_user, :admin_issue, @project)
   end
+  def authorize_create_merge_request!
+    return render_404 unless can?(current_user, :push_code, @project) && @issue.can_be_worked_on?(current_user)
+  end
+
   def module_enabled
     return render_404 unless @project.feature_available?(:issues, current_user) && @project.default_issues_tracker?
   end

app/models/issue.rb

@@ -143,6 +143,14 @@ class Issue < ActiveRecord::Base
     branches_with_iid - branches_with_merge_request
   end
+  # Returns boolean if a related branch exists for the current issue
+  # ignores merge requests branchs
+  def has_related_branch? 
+    project.repository.branch_names.any? do |branch|
+      /\A#{iid}-(?!\d+-stable)/i =~ branch
+    end
+  end
+
   # To allow polymorphism with MergeRequest.
   def source_project
     project

app/serializers/merge_request_create_entity.rb

+class MergeRequestCreateEntity < Grape::Entity
+  expose :iid
+
+  expose :url do |merge_request|
+    Gitlab::UrlBuilder.build(merge_request)
+  end
+end

app/serializers/merge_request_create_serializer.rb

+class MergeRequestCreateSerializer < BaseSerializer
+  entity MergeRequestCreateEntity
+end

app/services/merge_requests/create_from_issue_service.rb

+module MergeRequests
+  class CreateFromIssueService < MergeRequests::CreateService
+    def execute
+      return error('Invalid issue iid') unless issue_iid.present? && issue.present?
+
+      result = CreateBranchService.new(project, current_user).execute(branch_name, ref)
+      return result if result[:status] == :error
+
+      SystemNoteService.new_issue_branch(issue, project, current_user, branch_name)
+
+      new_merge_request = create(merge_request)
+
+      if new_merge_request.valid?
+        success(new_merge_request)
+      else
+        error(new_merge_request.errors)
+      end
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def issue_iid
+      @isssue_iid ||= params.delete(:issue_iid)
+    end
+
+    def issue
+      @issue ||= IssuesFinder.new(current_user, project_id: project.id).find_by(iid: issue_iid)
+    end
+
+    def branch_name
+      @branch_name ||= issue.to_branch_name
+    end
+
+    def ref
+      project.default_branch || 'master'
+    end
+
+    def merge_request
+      MergeRequests::BuildService.new(project, current_user, merge_request_params).execute
+    end
+
+    def merge_request_params
+      {
+        source_project_id: project.id,
+        source_branch: branch_name,
+        target_project_id: project.id
+      }
+    end
+
+    def success(merge_request)
+      super().merge(merge_request: merge_request)
+    end
+  end
+end

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

 - if can?(current_user, :push_code, @project)
-  .pull-right
-    #new-branch.new-branch{ 'data-path' => can_create_branch_namespace_project_issue_path(@project.namespace, @project, @issue) }
-      = link_to namespace_project_branches_path(@project.namespace, @project, branch_name: @issue.to_branch_name, issue_iid: @issue.iid),
-        method: :post, class: 'btn btn-new btn-inverted btn-grouped has-tooltip available hide', title: @issue.to_branch_name do
-        New branch
-      = link_to '#', class: 'unavailable btn btn-grouped hide', disabled: 'disabled' do
-        = icon('exclamation-triangle')
-        New branch unavailable
+  .create-mr-dropdown-wrap{ data: { can_create_path: can_create_branch_namespace_project_issue_path(@project.namespace, @project, @issue), create_mr_path: create_merge_request_namespace_project_issue_path(@project.namespace, @project, @issue), create_branch_path: namespace_project_branches_path(@project.namespace, @project, branch_name: @issue.to_branch_name, issue_iid: @issue.iid) } }
+    .btn-group.unavailable
+      %button.btn.btn-grouped{ type: 'button', disabled: 'disabled' }
+        = icon('spinner', class: 'fa-spin')
+        %span.text
+          Checking branch availability…
+    .btn-group.available.hide
+      %input.btn.js-create-merge-request.btn-inverted.btn-success{ type: 'button', value: 'Create a merge request', data: { action: 'create-mr' } }
+      %button.btn.btn-inverted.dropdown-toggle.btn-inverted.btn-success.js-dropdown-toggle{ type: 'button', data: { 'dropdown-trigger' => '#create-merge-request-dropdown' } }
+        = icon('caret-down')
+      %ul#create-merge-request-dropdown.dropdown-menu.dropdown-menu-align-right{ data: { dropdown: true } }
+        %li.droplab-item-selected{ role: 'button', data: { value: 'create-mr', 'text' => 'Create a merge request' } }
+          .menu-item
+            .icon-container
+              = icon('check')
+            .description
+              %strong Create a merge request
+              %span
+                Creates a branch named after this issue and a merge request. The source branch is '#{@project.default_branch}' by default.
+        %li.divider.droplab-item-ignore
+        %li{ role: 'button', data: {  value: 'create-branch', 'text' => 'Create a branch' } }
+          .menu-item
+            .icon-container
+              = icon('check')
+            .description
+              %strong Create a branch
+              %span
+                Creates a branch named after this issue. The source branch is '#{@project.default_branch}' by default.

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

@@ -70,8 +70,11 @@
       // This element is filled in using JavaScript.
   .content-block.content-block-small
-    = render 'new_branch' unless @issue.confidential?
-    = render 'award_emoji/awards_block', awardable: @issue, inline: true
+    .row
+      .col-sm-6
+        = render 'award_emoji/awards_block', awardable: @issue, inline: true
+      .col-sm-6.new-branch-col
+        = render 'new_branch' unless @issue.confidential?
   %section.issuable-discussion
     = render 'projects/issues/discussion'

changelogs/unreleased/28558-create-new-branch-from-issue-page.yml

+---
+title: Allow to create new branch and empty WIP merge request from issue page
+merge_request:
+author:

config/routes/project.rb

@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ constraints(ProjectUrlConstrainer.new) do
           get :related_branches
           get :can_create_branch
           get :rendered_title
+          post :create_merge_request
         end
         collection do
           post  :bulk_update

spec/controllers/projects/branches_controller_spec.rb

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ describe Projects::BranchesController do
     controller.instance_variable_set(:@project, project)
   end
-  describe "POST create" do
+  describe "POST create with HTML format" do
     render_views
     context "on creation of a new branch" do
@@ -152,6 +152,42 @@ describe Projects::BranchesController do
     end
   end
+  describe 'POST create with JSON format' do
+    before do
+      sign_in(user)
+    end
+
+    context 'with valid params' do
+      it 'returns a successful 200 response' do
+        create_branch name: 'my-branch', ref: 'master'
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+      end
+
+      it 'returns the created branch' do
+        create_branch name: 'my-branch', ref: 'master'
+
+        expect(response).to match_response_schema('branch')
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'with invalid params' do
+      it 'returns an unprocessable entity 422 response' do
+        create_branch name: "<script>alert('merge');</script>", ref: "<script>alert('ref');</script>"
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(422)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def create_branch(name:, ref:)
+      post :create, namespace_id: project.namespace.to_param,
+                    project_id: project.to_param,
+                    branch_name: name,
+                    ref: ref,
+                    format: :json
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "POST destroy with HTML format" do
     render_views

spec/controllers/projects/issues_controller_spec.rb

@@ -756,4 +756,28 @@ describe Projects::IssuesController do
       expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'POST create_merge_request' do
+    before do
+      project.add_developer(user)
+      sign_in(user)
+    end
+
+    it 'creates a new merge request' do
+      expect { create_merge_request }.to change(project.merge_requests, :count).by(1)
+    end
+
+    it 'render merge request as json' do
+      create_merge_request
+
+      expect(response).to match_response_schema('merge_request')
+    end
+
+    def create_merge_request
+      post :create_merge_request, namespace_id: project.namespace.to_param,
+                                  project_id: project.to_param,
+                                  id: issue.to_param,
+                                  format: :json
+    end
+  end
 end

spec/features/issues/new_branch_button_spec.rb → spec/features/issues/create_branch_merge_request_spec.rb

 require 'rails_helper'
-feature 'Start new branch from an issue', feature: true, js: true do
-  let!(:project)   { create(:project) }
-  let!(:issue)     { create(:issue, project: project) }
-  let!(:user)      { create(:user)}
-  context "for team members" do
+feature 'Create Branch/Merge Request Dropdown on issue page', feature: true, js: true do
+  let(:user) { create(:user) }
+  let!(:project) { create(:project) }
+  let(:issue) { create(:issue, project: project, title: 'Cherry-Coloured Funk') }
+  context 'for team members' do
     before do
-      project.team << [user, :master]
+      project.team << [user, :developer]
       login_as(user)
     end
-    it 'shows the new branch button' do
+    it 'allows creating a merge request from the issue page' do
       visit namespace_project_issue_path(project.namespace, project, issue)
-      expect(page).to have_css('#new-branch .available')
+      select_dropdown_option('create-mr')
+
+      wait_for_ajax
+
+      expect(page).to have_content("created branch 1-cherry-coloured-funk")
+      expect(page).to have_content("mentioned in merge request !1")
+
+      visit namespace_project_merge_request_path(project.namespace, project, MergeRequest.first)
+
+      expect(page).to have_content('WIP: Resolve "Cherry-Coloured Funk"')
+      expect(current_path).to eq(namespace_project_merge_request_path(project.namespace, project, MergeRequest.first))
+    end
+
+    it 'allows creating a branch from the issue page' do
+      visit namespace_project_issue_path(project.namespace, project, issue)
+
+      select_dropdown_option('create-branch')
+
+      wait_for_ajax
+
+      expect(page).to have_selector('.dropdown-toggle-text ', text: '1-cherry-coloured-funk')
+      expect(current_path).to eq namespace_project_tree_path(project.namespace, project, '1-cherry-coloured-funk')
     end
     context "when there is a referenced merge request" do
@@ -34,29 +55,37 @@ feature 'Start new branch from an issue', feature: true, js: true do
         visit namespace_project_issue_path(project.namespace, project, issue)
       end
-      it "hides the new branch button" do
-        expect(page).to have_css('#new-branch .unavailable')
-        expect(page).not_to have_css('#new-branch .available')
+      it 'disables the create branch button' do
+        expect(page).to have_css('.create-mr-dropdown-wrap .unavailable:not(.hide)')
+        expect(page).to have_css('.create-mr-dropdown-wrap .available.hide', visible: false)
         expect(page).to have_content /1 Related Merge Request/
       end
     end
     context 'when issue is confidential' do
-      it 'hides the new branch button' do
+      it 'disables the create branch button' do
         issue = create(:issue, :confidential, project: project)
         visit namespace_project_issue_path(project.namespace, project, issue)
-        expect(page).not_to have_css('#new-branch')
+        expect(page).not_to have_css('.create-mr-dropdown-wrap')
       end
     end
   end
   context 'for visitors' do
-    it 'shows no buttons' do
+    before do
       visit namespace_project_issue_path(project.namespace, project, issue)
-      expect(page).not_to have_css('#new-branch')
+    end
+    it 'shows no buttons' do
+      expect(page).not_to have_selector('.create-mr-dropdown-wrap')
     end
   end
+
+  def select_dropdown_option(option)
+    find('.create-mr-dropdown-wrap .dropdown-toggle').click
+    find("li[data-value='#{option}']").click
+    find('.js-create-merge-request').click
+  end
 end

spec/fixtures/api/schemas/branch.json

+{
+  "type": "object",
+  "required" : [
+    "name",
+    "url"
+  ],
+  "properties" : {
+    "name": { "type": "string" },
+    "url": { "type": "uri" }
+  },
+  "additionalProperties": false
+}

spec/fixtures/api/schemas/merge_request.json

+{
+  "type": "object",
+  "required" : [
+    "iid",
+    "url"
+  ],
+  "properties" : {
+    "iid": { "type": "integer" },
+    "url": { "type": "uri" }
+  },
+  "additionalProperties": false
+}

spec/javascripts/issue_spec.js

@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ describe('Issue', function() {
           expect(this.$triggeredButton).toHaveProp('disabled', true);
           expectNewBranchButtonState(true, false);
           return this.issueStateDeferred;
-        } else if (req.url === Issue.$btnNewBranch.data('path')) {
-          expect(req.type).toBe('get');
+        } else if (req.url === Issue.createMrDropdownWrap.dataset.canCreatePath) {
+          expect(req.type).toBe('GET');
           expectNewBranchButtonState(true, false);
           return this.canCreateBranchDeferred;
         }

spec/models/issue_spec.rb

@@ -291,6 +291,27 @@ describe Issue, models: true do
     end
   end
+  describe '#has_related_branch?' do
+    let(:issue) { create(:issue, title: "Blue Bell Knoll") }
+    subject { issue.has_related_branch? }
+
+    context 'branch found' do
+      before do
+        allow(issue.project.repository).to receive(:branch_names).and_return(["iceblink-luck", issue.to_branch_name])
+      end
+
+      it { is_expected.to eq true }
+    end
+
+    context 'branch not found' do
+      before do
+        allow(issue.project.repository).to receive(:branch_names).and_return(["lazy-calm"])
+      end
+
+      it { is_expected.to eq false }
+    end
+  end
+
   it_behaves_like 'an editable mentionable' do
     subject { create(:issue, project: create(:project, :repository)) }