From c909a392b647d90d98b09d4b5c958810f3f0fc69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Winnie Hellmann <winnie@gitlab.com>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 16:22:17 +0200
Subject: Remove duplicate escaping from branch dropdown

---
 app/assets/javascripts/compare_autocomplete.js            | 2 +-
 changelogs/unreleased/winh-new-merge-request-encoding.yml | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 changelogs/unreleased/winh-new-merge-request-encoding.yml

diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/compare_autocomplete.js b/app/assets/javascripts/compare_autocomplete.js
index 9c88466e576..15cdc751570 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/compare_autocomplete.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/compare_autocomplete.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export default function initCompareAutocomplete(limitTo = null, clickHandler = (
             .attr('href', '#')
             .addClass(ref === selected ? 'is-active' : '')
             .text(ref)
-            .attr('data-ref', escape(ref));
+            .attr('data-ref', ref);
           return $('<li />').append(link);
         }
       },
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/winh-new-merge-request-encoding.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/winh-new-merge-request-encoding.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f797657e660
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/winh-new-merge-request-encoding.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Fix encoding of branch names on compare and new merge request page
+merge_request: 19143
+author:
+type: fixed
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