1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/app/models/concerns/has_ref.rb b/app/models/concerns/has_ref.rb
index d7089294efc..413cd36dcaa 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/has_ref.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/has_ref.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module HasRef
   extend ActiveSupport::Concern
 
   def branch?
-    !tag?
+    !tag? && !merge_request_event?
   end
 
   def git_ref
@@ -14,4 +14,15 @@ module HasRef
       Gitlab::Git::TAG_REF_PREFIX + ref.to_s
     end
   end
+
+  # A slugified version of the build ref, suitable for inclusion in URLs and
+  # domain names. Rules:
+  #
+  #   * Lowercased
+  #   * Anything not matching [a-z0-9-] is replaced with a -
+  #   * Maximum length is 63 bytes
+  #   * First/Last Character is not a hyphen
+  def ref_slug
+    Gitlab::Utils.slugify(ref.to_s)
+  end
 end