User without parent group permission cannot assign epic to issue.
### Summary
A user without permission in the group but with permission in the project, cannot assign epic to issue.
### Steps to reproduce
1. Create a group **G**
2. Create a project **P**
3. Add an epic (**E**) to **G**
4. Add a user (**U**) as a member of **P**
5. Open an issue (**I**) in **P**
6. After the **I** is open, verify that **E** shows up in the epic drop-down (edit)
7. Try assigning **E** to **I**
### Example Project
No can do without paying for Epics here.
### What is the current *bug* behavior?
Assigning/removing an epic form a group the user doesn't have permissions to a project (inside said group) the user has permission results in an error.
### What is the expected *correct* behavior?
The user should be able to assign the issue to its project's parent group epic. The user can already see the epic regardless of not having access to the group (what makes sense).
### Relevant logs and/or screenshots
### Output of checks
Unable to try. Behind the Ultimate wall.
#### Results of GitLab environment info
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System information
System: Ubuntu 16.04
Proxy: no
Current User: git
Using RVM: no
Ruby Version: 2.6.5p114
Gem Version: 2.7.10
Bundler Version:1.17.3
Rake Version: 12.3.3
Redis Version: 5.0.7
Git Version: 2.24.1
Sidekiq Version:5.2.7
Go Version: unknown
GitLab information
Version: 12.8.1-ee
Revision: 13bae744d5c
Directory: /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails
DB Adapter: PostgreSQL
DB Version: 10.12
URL: https:// <do you need it?>
HTTP Clone URL: https:// <do you need it?>
SSH Clone URL: git@<do you need it?>:some-group/some-project.git
Elasticsearch: no
Geo: no
Using LDAP: yes
Using Omniauth: yes
Omniauth Providers:
GitLab Shell
Version: 11.0.0
Repository storage paths:
- default: /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories
GitLab Shell path: /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-shell
Git: /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/git
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#### Results of GitLab application Check
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Checking GitLab subtasks ...
Checking GitLab Shell ...
GitLab Shell: ... GitLab Shell version >= 11.0.0 ? ... OK (11.0.0)
Running /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-shell/bin/check
Internal API available: OK
Redis available via internal API: OK
gitlab-shell self-check successful
Checking GitLab Shell ... Finished
Checking Gitaly ...
Gitaly: ... default ... OK
Checking Gitaly ... Finished
Checking Sidekiq ...
Sidekiq: ... Running? ... yes
Number of Sidekiq processes ... 1
Checking Sidekiq ... Finished
Checking Incoming Email ...
Incoming Email: ... Reply by email is disabled in config/gitlab.yml
Checking Incoming Email ... Finished
Checking LDAP ...
LDAP: ... Server: ldapmain
LDAP authentication... Success
LDAP users with access to your GitLab server (only showing the first 100 results)
User output sanitized. Found 100 users of 100 limit.
Checking LDAP ... Finished
Checking GitLab App ...
Git configured correctly? ... yes
Database config exists? ... yes
All migrations up? ... yes
Database contains orphaned GroupMembers? ... no
GitLab config exists? ... yes
GitLab config up to date? ... yes
Log directory writable? ... yes
Tmp directory writable? ... yes
Uploads directory exists? ... yes
Uploads directory has correct permissions? ... yes
Uploads directory tmp has correct permissions? ... yes
Init script exists? ... skipped (omnibus-gitlab has no init script)
Init script up-to-date? ... skipped (omnibus-gitlab has no init script)
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Redis version >= 2.8.0? ... yes
Ruby version >= 2.5.3 ? ... yes (2.6.5)
Git version >= 2.22.0 ? ... yes (2.24.1)
Git user has default SSH configuration? ... yes
Active users: ... 72
Is authorized keys file accessible? ... yes
Elasticsearch version 5.6 - 6.x? ... skipped (elasticsearch is disabled)
Checking GitLab App ... Finished
Checking GitLab subtasks ... Finished
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