What does this MR do?
In 8.9, we didn't create keep-around refs for deployments. So it's possible that someone created a deployment (say, for testing), and then deleted the branch and all other references to that commit. That commit could then get GCed, and trying to view MRs on 8.11+ will show a 500. See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/22655#note_16575020 for more details.
Are there points in the code the reviewer needs to double check?
This seems to be the minimal change to fix the issue; always worth checking though!
Why was this MR needed?
If someone created a deployment on 8.9, then deleted all references to the commit for that deployment, we will throw an exception when checking if the deployment includes a commit.
Does this MR meet the acceptance criteria?
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CHANGELOG entry added - Tests
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Added for this feature/bug -
All builds are passing
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Conform by the merge request performance guides -
Conform by the style guides -
Branch has no merge conflicts with master(if it does - rebase it please) -
Squashed related commits together
What are the relevant issue numbers?
Closes #22655 (closed).