Remove the restriction preventing project references with text adjacent to the > character

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 79beec77843..9dfa9a144fd 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -465,14 +465,12 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
 
     # Pattern used to extract `namespace/project>` project references from text.
-    # (?!\w) matches any non-word character.
     # '>' or its escaped form ('&gt;') are checked for because '>' is sometimes escaped
     # when the reference comes from an external source.
     def markdown_reference_pattern
       %r{
         #{reference_pattern}
         (#{reference_postfix}|#{reference_postfix_escaped})
-        (?!\w)
       }x
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/banzai/filter/project_reference_filter_spec.rb b/spec/lib/banzai/filter/project_reference_filter_spec.rb
index 559293d5ac3..20f809e010e 100644
--- a/spec/lib/banzai/filter/project_reference_filter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/banzai/filter/project_reference_filter_spec.rb
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ describe Banzai::Filter::ProjectReferenceFilter do
     expect(reference_filter(act).to_html).to eq(CGI.escapeHTML(exp))
   end
 
-  it 'ignores references with text after the > sign' do
-    exp = act = "Hey #{reference}foo"
-    expect(reference_filter(act).to_html).to eq CGI.escapeHTML(exp)
+  it 'allows references with text after the > character' do
+    doc = reference_filter("Hey #{reference}foo")
+    expect(doc.css('a').first.attr('href')).to eq urls.project_url(subject)
   end
 
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