1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/common_utils.js b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/common_utils.js
index 3186ae9c133..040d0bc659e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/common_utils.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/common_utils.js
@@ -421,12 +421,28 @@ export const historyPushState = newUrl => {
 };
 
 /**
+ * Returns true for a String "true" and false otherwise.
+ * This is the opposite of Boolean(...).toString()
+ *
+ * @param  {String} value
+ * @returns {Boolean}
+ */
+export const parseBoolean = value => value === 'true';
+
+/**
  * Converts permission provided as strings to booleans.
  *
  * @param  {String} string
  * @returns {Boolean}
  */
-export const convertPermissionToBoolean = permission => permission === 'true';
+export const convertPermissionToBoolean = permission => {
+  if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.warn('convertPermissionToBoolean is deprecated! Please use parseBoolean instead.');
+  }
+
+  return parseBoolean(permission);
+};
 
 /**
  * Back Off exponential algorithm