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Invalidate ES namespace cache when transferring groups

What does this MR do and why?

Related to #297279 (closed)

Background

When Elasticsearch Limit Indexing is enabled, admins can choose to index specific groups only into Elasticsearch. Search determines if Elasticsearch should be used when searching a namespace by checking a cached value for that namespace id. If a group is transferred from an indexed namespace to a non-indexed namespace (or vice versa), the cached value needs to be cleared for that namespace (we already clear the cache for projects when groups/projects are transferred in !50712 (merged)).

Overview

This MR clears the cache for a group when it is transferred to another group. Adds supporting methods for clearing the cache and new specs.

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How to set up and validate locally

Note: Make sure you have your gdk setup to use Elasticsearch and have indexed your projects.

  1. Ensure that Elasticsearch indexing is enabled, and that search with Elasticsearch is enabled
  2. Enable Elasticsearch indexing restrictions and choose 1 namespace to index (I chose Gitlab.org created in my gdk)
  3. Find a group that is not within that namespace
  4. Perform a search within that group and verify that Advanced Search is not used image
  5. Transfer that group to the namespace that you choose for indexing
  6. You can see the indexing for all projects within the group in the elasticsearch.log
  7. Perform a search within that group and verify that Advanced Search is used image

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Edited by Terri Chu

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