Return comments in created order in merge request API

Closes #1832

3 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 12564b3bb56..dbd3975095e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Please view this file on the master branch, on stable branches it's out of date.
 
 v 7.13.0 (unreleased)
+  - Return comments in created order in merge request API (Stan Hu)
   - Only enable HSTS header for HTTPS and port 443 (Stan Hu)
   - Fix user autocomplete for unauthenticated users accessing public projects (Stan Hu)
   - Fix redirection to home page URL for unauthorized users (Daniel Gerhardt)
diff --git a/lib/api/merge_requests.rb b/lib/api/merge_requests.rb
index aa43e1dffd9..ce21c699e8f 100644
--- a/lib/api/merge_requests.rb
+++ b/lib/api/merge_requests.rb
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ module API
 
         authorize! :read_merge_request, merge_request
 
-        present paginate(merge_request.notes), with: Entities::MRNote
+        present paginate(merge_request.notes.fresh), with: Entities::MRNote
       end
 
       # Post comment to merge request
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/merge_requests_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/merge_requests_spec.rb
index 7030c105b58..29db035b2de 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/merge_requests_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/merge_requests_spec.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ describe API::API, api: true  do
   let!(:merge_request_closed) { create(:merge_request, state: "closed", author: user, assignee: user, source_project: project, target_project: project, title: "Closed test") }
   let!(:merge_request_merged) { create(:merge_request, state: "merged", author: user, assignee: user, source_project: project, target_project: project, title: "Merged test") }
   let!(:note) { create(:note_on_merge_request, author: user, project: project, noteable: merge_request, note: "a comment on a MR") }
+  let!(:note2) { create(:note_on_merge_request, author: user, project: project, noteable: merge_request, note: "another comment on a MR") }
 
   before do
     project.team << [user, :reporters]
@@ -397,13 +398,14 @@ describe API::API, api: true  do
   end
 
   describe "GET :id/merge_request/:merge_request_id/comments" do
-    it "should return merge_request comments" do
+    it "should return merge_request comments ordered by created_at" do
       get api("/projects/#{project.id}/merge_request/#{merge_request.id}/comments", user)
       expect(response.status).to eq(200)
       expect(json_response).to be_an Array
-      expect(json_response.length).to eq(1)
+      expect(json_response.length).to eq(2)
       expect(json_response.first['note']).to eq("a comment on a MR")
       expect(json_response.first['author']['id']).to eq(user.id)
+      expect(json_response.last['note']).to eq("another comment on a MR")
     end
 
     it "should return a 404 error if merge_request_id not found" do