Forking project failure message does not explain why the operation failed
Summary
If I attempt to fork a project using an already existing name, the fork operation fails with the generic error message An error occurred while forking the project. Please try again.:
The error message should indicate why the failure occurred.
Steps to reproduce
- Create a new personal project called
container-scanning, for example: https://gitlab.com/adamcohen/container-scanning - Attempt to fork an existing project also called
container-scanning, for example: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/container-scanning/-/forks/new
What is the current bug behavior?
The following error message is output: An error occurred while forking the project. Please try again.
What is the expected correct behavior?
The error message should explain why the fork failed to be created, for example:
An error occurred while forking the project: a project already exists with the name "container-scanning". Please use a different name for the forked project.
Possible fixes
When forking a project using the API, the correct error message is returned:
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <my-token>" --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/24673064/fork
{"message":{"project_namespace.name":["has already been taken"],"name":["has already been taken"],"path":["has already been taken"]}}%
It seems we just need to propagate this same error message in the UI.