Fix Error 500s creating merge requests with external issue trackersh-fix-issue-43193

When JIRA or Redmine were enabled and the branch name did not match the
matching regular expression, the `issue_iid` would be `nil`, preventing
users from creating merge requests.

Closes #43193

2 files changed, 26 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/app/services/merge_requests/build_service.rb b/app/services/merge_requests/build_service.rb
index 2ae855d078b..ab6f8ea44a9 100644
--- a/app/services/merge_requests/build_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/merge_requests/build_service.rb
@@ -160,10 +160,12 @@ module MergeRequests
 
       merge_request.title = "Resolve \"#{issue.title}\"" if issue.is_a?(Issue)
 
-      unless merge_request.title
-        branch_title = source_branch.downcase.remove(issue_iid.downcase).titleize.humanize
+      return if merge_request.title.present?
+
+      if issue_iid.present?
         merge_request.title = "Resolve #{issue_iid}"
-        merge_request.title += " \"#{branch_title}\"" unless branch_title.empty?
+        branch_title = source_branch.downcase.remove(issue_iid.downcase).titleize.humanize
+        merge_request.title += " \"#{branch_title}\"" if branch_title.present?
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/services/merge_requests/build_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/merge_requests/build_service_spec.rb
index e56d335a7d6..a0d0a4fd81b 100644
--- a/spec/services/merge_requests/build_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/merge_requests/build_service_spec.rb
@@ -286,33 +286,43 @@ describe MergeRequests::BuildService do
         end
       end
 
-      context 'branch starts with JIRA-formatted external issue IID' do
-        let(:source_branch) { 'EXMPL-12345' }
-
+      describe 'with JIRA enabled' do
         before do
           allow(project).to receive(:external_issue_tracker).and_return(true)
           allow(project).to receive(:issues_enabled?).and_return(false)
           allow(project).to receive(:external_issue_reference_pattern).and_return(IssueTrackerService.reference_pattern)
         end
 
-        it 'sets the title to the humanized branch title' do
-          expect(merge_request.title).to eq('Resolve EXMPL-12345')
-        end
+        context 'branch does not start with JIRA-formatted external issue IID' do
+          let(:source_branch) { 'test-branch' }
 
-        it 'appends the closes text' do
-          expect(merge_request.description).to eq('Closes EXMPL-12345')
+          it 'sets the title to the humanized branch title' do
+            expect(merge_request.title).to eq('Test branch')
+          end
         end
 
-        context 'followed by hyphenated text' do
-          let(:source_branch) { 'EXMPL-12345-fix-issue' }
+        context 'branch starts with JIRA-formatted external issue IID' do
+          let(:source_branch) { 'EXMPL-12345' }
 
           it 'sets the title to the humanized branch title' do
-            expect(merge_request.title).to eq('Resolve EXMPL-12345 "Fix issue"')
+            expect(merge_request.title).to eq('Resolve EXMPL-12345')
           end
 
           it 'appends the closes text' do
             expect(merge_request.description).to eq('Closes EXMPL-12345')
           end
+
+          context 'followed by hyphenated text' do
+            let(:source_branch) { 'EXMPL-12345-fix-issue' }
+
+            it 'sets the title to the humanized branch title' do
+              expect(merge_request.title).to eq('Resolve EXMPL-12345 "Fix issue"')
+            end
+
+            it 'appends the closes text' do
+              expect(merge_request.description).to eq('Closes EXMPL-12345')
+            end
+          end
         end
       end
     end