1 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/reference_extractor.rb b/lib/gitlab/reference_extractor.rb
index 42f7c26f3c4..be795649e59 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/reference_extractor.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/reference_extractor.rb
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ require 'banzai'
 module Gitlab
   # Extract possible GFM references from an arbitrary String for further processing.
   class ReferenceExtractor < Banzai::ReferenceExtractor
-    attr_accessor :project, :current_user
+    attr_accessor :project, :current_user, :author
 
-    def initialize(project, current_user = nil)
+    def initialize(project, current_user = nil, author = nil)
       @project = project
       @current_user = current_user
+      @author = author
 
       @references = {}
 
@@ -18,10 +19,24 @@ module Gitlab
       super(text, context.merge(project: project))
     end
 
-    %i(user label issue merge_request snippet commit commit_range).each do |type|
+    %i(user label merge_request snippet commit commit_range).each do |type|
       define_method("#{type}s") do
-        @references[type] ||= references(type, project: project, current_user: current_user)
+        @references[type] ||= references(type, reference_context)
       end
     end
+
+    def issues
+      if project && project.jira_tracker?
+        @references[:external_issue] ||= references(:external_issue, reference_context)
+      else
+        @references[:issue] ||= references(:issue, reference_context)
+      end
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def reference_context
+      { project: project, current_user: current_user, author: author }
+    end
   end
 end