comparison with forked project
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Summary
When comparing branch based on forked project, the comparison generates based on original project not the forked project. It is also the master branch not the selected branch. This start in beginning of October 2024.
Steps to reproduce
under the code section of menu, select compare revision
select a developer branch in the forked project as source.
select a developer branch in the forked project as target.
select only incoming from source
click compare button
produces a screen suggestion it compared the forked branch with the original branch incorrectly
Example Project
https://gitlab.com/palcare/pal-base-4/-/compare
What is the current bug behavior?
incorrectly display the wrong comparison between branches. It defaults to original fork
What is the expected correct behavior?
display the changes between the 2 branches on the same fork
Relevant logs and/or screenshots
Output of checks
This bug happens on GitLab.com
Results of GitLab environment info
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(For installations with omnibus-gitlab package run and paste the output of: `sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:env:info`) (For installations from source run and paste the output of: `sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:env:info RAILS_ENV=production`)
Results of GitLab application Check
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(For installations with omnibus-gitlab package run and paste the output of:
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:check SANITIZE=true)(For installations from source run and paste the output of:
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:check RAILS_ENV=production SANITIZE=true)(we will only investigate if the tests are passing)