1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/app/models/ability.rb b/app/models/ability.rb
index fa8f8bc3a5f..ad6c588202e 100644
--- a/app/models/ability.rb
+++ b/app/models/ability.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ class Ability
       end
     end
 
+    # Given a list of users and a snippet this method returns the users that can
+    # read the given snippet.
+    def users_that_can_read_personal_snippet(users, snippet)
+      case snippet.visibility_level
+      when Snippet::INTERNAL, Snippet::PUBLIC
+        users
+      when Snippet::PRIVATE
+        users.include?(snippet.author) ? [snippet.author] : []
+      end
+    end
+
     # Returns an Array of Issues that can be read by the given user.
     #
     # issues - The issues to reduce down to those readable by the user.