After creating a new merge request the reviewer receives too many notifications

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When someone else creates an MR and sets you as the reviewer before creating the MR, you will receive way too many email notifications when the MR is created. The notifications should preferably be combined into one or the very least limited to just one notification about someone requesting review from you.

Reproduce

  1. Press "Create new Merge Request" in gitlab.com
  2. Set the assignee to yourself (user A)
  3. Set someone else as the reviewer (user B)
  4. Create the merge request

Expected result

Reviewer (user B) receives one email notification:

  • User A changed reviewer of MR to user B

Actual result

Reviewer (user B) receives 3+ email notifications:

  • User A created MR
  • User A reassigned merge request to user A
  • User A changed reviewer of MR to user B
  • Notifications from any bots adding comments to the MR automatically
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