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Add /related_issues endpoint to Merge Requests API

Zakir Dzhamaliddinov requested to merge gitlab-community/gitlab:461536-add-related-issues-to-merge-requests-api into master
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What does this MR do and why?

This MR adds new API endpoint which allows users to get info about all issues related to merge request. Related issues are collected from merge request's:

  • title
  • description
  • commit messages
  • notes

How to set up and validate locally

  1. Create merge request in any project which:
  • mentions issue #1 in title
  • mentions issue #2 in description
  • mentions issue #3 in commit message
  1. Start discussion in newly created merge request which references issue #4
  2. Create issue as a follow up from disccussion started in step 2
  3. Mention merge request created in step 1 in any issue
  4. Send request to access new API endpoint:
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://127.0.0.1:3000/api/v4/projects/7/merge_requests/1/related_issues"
  1. Check that JSON response has information about issues #1, #2, #3, #4 and issues created in step 3 and 4

Related to #461536 (closed)

Edited by Zakir Dzhamaliddinov

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