Make new merge request URL more friendly when pushing code

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests/creations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests/creations_controller.rb
index 5639402a1e9..bbf662a63c8 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests/creations_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/merge_requests/creations_controller.rb
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ class Projects::MergeRequests::CreationsController < Projects::MergeRequests::Ap
 
   def build_merge_request
     params[:merge_request] ||= ActionController::Parameters.new(source_project: @project)
+    params[:merge_request][:source_branch] ||= params[:merge_request_source_branch].presence
+
     @merge_request = ::MergeRequests::BuildService.new(project, current_user, merge_request_params.merge(diff_options: diff_options)).execute
   end
 
diff --git a/app/services/merge_requests/get_urls_service.rb b/app/services/merge_requests/get_urls_service.rb
index 7c88c9abb41..35a22449e34 100644
--- a/app/services/merge_requests/get_urls_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/merge_requests/get_urls_service.rb
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ module MergeRequests
     end
 
     def url_for_new_merge_request(branch_name)
-      merge_request_params = { source_branch: branch_name }
-      url = Gitlab::Routing.url_helpers.project_new_merge_request_url(project, merge_request: merge_request_params)
+      url = Gitlab::Routing.url_helpers.project_new_merge_request_url(project, branch_name)
+
       { branch_name: branch_name, url: url, new_merge_request: true }
     end