Merge branch 'issue_15155' into 'master'

Setup visibility level for project when transfering for a group

fixes #15155 

See merge request !3707

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/app/services/projects/transfer_service.rb b/app/services/projects/transfer_service.rb
index 2e734654466..79a27f4af7e 100644
--- a/app/services/projects/transfer_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/projects/transfer_service.rb
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ module Projects
           raise TransferError.new("Project with same path in target namespace already exists")
         end
 
-        # Apply new namespace id
+        # Apply new namespace id and visibility level
         project.namespace = new_namespace
+        project.visibility_level = new_namespace.visibility_level unless project.visibility_level_allowed_by_group?
         project.save!
 
         # Notifications
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ module Projects
         Gitlab::UploadsTransfer.new.move_project(project.path, old_namespace.path, new_namespace.path)
 
         project.old_path_with_namespace = old_path
-        
+
         SystemHooksService.new.execute_hooks_for(project, :transfer)
         true
       end