1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/closing_issue_extractor.rb b/lib/gitlab/closing_issue_extractor.rb
index aeec595782c..9bef9037ad6 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/closing_issue_extractor.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/closing_issue_extractor.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 module Gitlab
   class ClosingIssueExtractor
-    ISSUE_CLOSING_REGEX = Regexp.new(Gitlab.config.gitlab.issue_closing_pattern)
+    ISSUE_CLOSING_REGEX = begin
+      link_pattern = URI.regexp(%w(http https))
+
+      pattern = Gitlab.config.gitlab.issue_closing_pattern
+      pattern = pattern.sub('%{issue_ref}', "(?:(?:#{link_pattern})|(?:#{Issue.reference_pattern}))")
+      Regexp.new(pattern).freeze
+    end
 
     def initialize(project, current_user = nil)
       @extractor = Gitlab::ReferenceExtractor.new(project, current_user)
@@ -9,10 +15,12 @@ module Gitlab
     def closed_by_message(message)
       return [] if message.nil?
 
-      closing_statements = message.scan(ISSUE_CLOSING_REGEX).
-        map { |ref| ref[0] }.join(" ")
+      closing_statements = []
+      message.scan(ISSUE_CLOSING_REGEX) do
+        closing_statements << Regexp.last_match[0]
+      end
 
-      @extractor.analyze(closing_statements)
+      @extractor.analyze(closing_statements.join(" "))
 
       @extractor.issues
     end