Make `page_description` less magical ✨

app/helpers/page_layout_helper.rb

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ module PageLayoutHelper
   #
   # Returns an HTML-safe String.
   def page_description(description = nil)
-    @page_description ||= page_description_default
+    @page_description ||= brand_title
 
     if description.present?
       @page_description = description.squish
@@ -36,16 +36,6 @@ module PageLayoutHelper
     end
   end
 
-  # Default value for page_description when one hasn't been defined manually by
-  # a view
-  def page_description_default
-    if @project
-      @project.description || brand_title
-    else
-      brand_title
-    end
-  end
-
   def page_image
     default = image_url('gitlab_logo.png')
 

app/views/layouts/group.html.haml

 - page_title       @group.name
+- page_description @group.description
 - header_title     group_title(@group) unless header_title
 - sidebar          "group"             unless sidebar
 

app/views/layouts/project.html.haml

 - page_title       @project.name_with_namespace
+- page_description @project.description
 - header_title     project_title(@project) unless header_title
 - sidebar          "project"               unless sidebar
 

spec/helpers/page_layout_helper_spec.rb

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ require 'rails_helper'
 
 describe PageLayoutHelper do
   describe 'page_description' do
-    it 'defaults to value returned by page_description_default helper' do
-      allow(helper).to receive(:page_description_default).and_return('Foo')
+    it 'defaults to value returned by brand_title helper' do
+      allow(helper).to receive(:brand_title).and_return('Foo')
 
       expect(helper.page_description).to eq 'Foo'
     end
@@ -42,29 +42,6 @@ describe PageLayoutHelper do
     end
   end
 
-  describe 'page_description_default' do
-    it 'uses Project description when available' do
-      project = double(description: 'Project Description')
-      assign(:project, project)
-
-      expect(helper.page_description_default).to eq 'Project Description'
-    end
-
-    it 'uses brand_title when Project description is nil' do
-      project = double(description: nil)
-      assign(:project, project)
-
-      expect(helper).to receive(:brand_title).and_return('Brand Title')
-      expect(helper.page_description_default).to eq 'Brand Title'
-    end
-
-    it 'falls back to brand_title' do
-      allow(helper).to receive(:brand_title).and_return('Brand Title')
-
-      expect(helper.page_description_default).to eq 'Brand Title'
-    end
-  end
-
   describe 'page_image' do
     it 'defaults to the GitLab logo' do
       expect(helper.page_image).to end_with 'assets/gitlab_logo.png'