Merge branch 'rs-to_reference' into 'master'

Add to_reference method to referable models

Now there is a single source of information for which attribute a model uses to be referenced, and its special character.

See merge request !641

app/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper.rb

@@ -135,15 +135,25 @@ module GitlabMarkdownHelper
     end
   end
 
+  # Returns the text necessary to reference `entity` across projects
+  #
+  # project - Project to reference
+  # entity  - Object that responds to `to_reference`
+  #
+  # Examples:
+  #
+  #   cross_project_reference(project, project.issues.first)
+  #   # => 'namespace1/project1#123'
+  #
+  #   cross_project_reference(project, project.merge_requests.first)
+  #   # => 'namespace1/project1!345'
+  #
+  # Returns a String
   def cross_project_reference(project, entity)
-    path = project.path_with_namespace
-
-    if entity.kind_of?(Issue)
-      [path, entity.iid].join('#')
-    elsif entity.kind_of?(MergeRequest)
-      [path, entity.iid].join('!')
+    if entity.respond_to?(:to_reference)
+      "#{project.to_reference}#{entity.to_reference}"
     else
-      raise 'Not supported type'
+      ''
     end
   end
 end

app/models/commit.rb

 class Commit
-  include ActiveModel::Conversion
-  include StaticModel
   extend ActiveModel::Naming
+
+  include ActiveModel::Conversion
   include Mentionable
   include Participable
+  include Referable
+  include StaticModel
 
   attr_mentionable :safe_message
   participant :author, :committer, :notes, :mentioned_users
@@ -56,6 +58,34 @@ class Commit
     @raw.id
   end
 
+  def ==(other)
+    (self.class === other) && (raw == other.raw)
+  end
+
+  def self.reference_prefix
+    '@'
+  end
+
+  # Pattern used to extract commit references from text
+  #
+  # The SHA can be between 6 and 40 hex characters.
+  #
+  # This pattern supports cross-project references.
+  def self.reference_pattern
+    %r{
+      (?:#{Project.reference_pattern}#{reference_prefix})?
+      (?<commit>\h{6,40})
+    }x
+  end
+
+  def to_reference(from_project = nil)
+    if cross_project_reference?(from_project)
+      "#{project.to_reference}@#{id}"
+    else
+      id
+    end
+  end
+
   def diff_line_count
     @diff_line_count ||= Commit::diff_line_count(self.diffs)
     @diff_line_count
@@ -126,11 +156,6 @@ class Commit
     Gitlab::ClosingIssueExtractor.new(project, current_user).closed_by_message(safe_message)
   end
 
-  # Mentionable override.
-  def gfm_reference
-    "commit #{id}"
-  end
-
   def author
     User.find_for_commit(author_email, author_name)
   end

app/models/commit_range.rb

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #
 class CommitRange
   include ActiveModel::Conversion
+  include Referable
 
   attr_reader :sha_from, :notation, :sha_to
 
@@ -28,10 +29,24 @@ class CommitRange
   # See `exclude_start?`
   attr_reader :exclude_start
 
-  # The beginning and ending SHA sums can be between 6 and 40 hex characters,
-  # and the range selection can be double- or triple-dot.
+  # The beginning and ending SHAs can be between 6 and 40 hex characters, and
+  # the range notation can be double- or triple-dot.
   PATTERN = /\h{6,40}\.{2,3}\h{6,40}/
 
+  def self.reference_prefix
+    '@'
+  end
+
+  # Pattern used to extract commit range references from text
+  #
+  # This pattern supports cross-project references.
+  def self.reference_pattern
+    %r{
+      (?:#{Project.reference_pattern}#{reference_prefix})?
+      (?<commit_range>#{PATTERN})
+    }x
+  end
+
   # Initialize a CommitRange
   #
   # range_string - The String commit range.
@@ -59,6 +74,17 @@ class CommitRange
     "#{sha_from[0..7]}#{notation}#{sha_to[0..7]}"
   end
 
+  def to_reference(from_project = nil)
+    # Not using to_s because we want the full SHAs
+    reference = sha_from + notation + sha_to
+
+    if cross_project_reference?(from_project)
+      reference = project.to_reference + '@' + reference
+    end
+
+    reference
+  end
+
   # Returns a String for use in a link's title attribute
   def reference_title
     "Commits #{suffixed_sha_from} through #{sha_to}"

app/models/concerns/mentionable.rb

@@ -20,10 +20,15 @@ module Mentionable
     end
   end
 
-  # Generate a GFM back-reference that will construct a link back to this Mentionable when rendered. Must
-  # be overridden if this model object can be referenced directly by GFM notation.
-  def gfm_reference
-    raise NotImplementedError.new("#{self.class} does not implement #gfm_reference")
+  # Returns the text used as the body of a Note when this object is referenced
+  #
+  # By default this will be the class name and the result of calling
+  # `to_reference` on the object.
+  def gfm_reference(from_project = nil)
+    # "MergeRequest" > "merge_request" > "Merge request" > "merge request"
+    friendly_name = self.class.to_s.underscore.humanize.downcase
+
+    "#{friendly_name} #{to_reference(from_project)}"
   end
 
   # Construct a String that contains possible GFM references.

app/models/concerns/referable.rb

+# == Referable concern
+#
+# Contains functionality related to making a model referable in Markdown, such
+# as "#1", "!2", "~3", etc.
+module Referable
+  extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+  # Returns the String necessary to reference this object in Markdown
+  #
+  # from_project - Refering Project object
+  #
+  # This should be overridden by the including class.
+  #
+  # Examples:
+  #
+  #   Issue.first.to_reference               # => "#1"
+  #   Issue.last.to_reference(other_project) # => "cross-project#1"
+  #
+  # Returns a String
+  def to_reference(_from_project = nil)
+    ''
+  end
+
+  module ClassMethods
+    # The character that prefixes the actual reference identifier
+    #
+    # This should be overridden by the including class.
+    #
+    # Examples:
+    #
+    #   Issue.reference_prefix        # => '#'
+    #   MergeRequest.reference_prefix # => '!'
+    #
+    # Returns a String
+    def reference_prefix
+      ''
+    end
+
+    # Regexp pattern used to match references to this object
+    #
+    # This must be overridden by the including class.
+    #
+    # Returns a Regexp
+    def reference_pattern
+      raise NotImplementedError, "#{self} does not implement #{__method__}"
+    end
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  # Check if a reference is being done cross-project
+  #
+  # from_project - Refering Project object
+  def cross_project_reference?(from_project)
+    if self.is_a?(Project)
+      self != from_project
+    else
+      from_project && self.project && self.project != from_project
+    end
+  end
+end

app/models/external_issue.rb

 class ExternalIssue
+  include Referable
+
   def initialize(issue_identifier, project)
     @issue_identifier, @project = issue_identifier, project
   end
@@ -26,4 +28,13 @@ class ExternalIssue
   def project
     @project
   end
+
+  # Pattern used to extract `JIRA-123` issue references from text
+  def self.reference_pattern
+    %r{(?<issue>([A-Z\-]+-)\d+)}
+  end
+
+  def to_reference(_from_project = nil)
+    id
+  end
 end

app/models/group.rb

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ require 'carrierwave/orm/activerecord'
 require 'file_size_validator'
 
 class Group < Namespace
+  include Referable
+
   has_many :group_members, dependent: :destroy, as: :source, class_name: 'GroupMember'
   has_many :users, through: :group_members
 
@@ -36,6 +38,18 @@ class Group < Namespace
     def sort(method)
       order_by(method)
     end
+
+    def reference_prefix
+      User.reference_prefix
+    end
+
+    def reference_pattern
+      User.reference_pattern
+    end
+  end
+
+  def to_reference(_from_project = nil)
+    "#{self.class.reference_prefix}#{name}"
   end
 
   def human_name

app/models/issue.rb

@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ require 'carrierwave/orm/activerecord'
 require 'file_size_validator'
 
 class Issue < ActiveRecord::Base
-  include Issuable
   include InternalId
-  include Taskable
+  include Issuable
+  include Referable
   include Sortable
+  include Taskable
 
   ActsAsTaggableOn.strict_case_match = true
 
@@ -53,10 +54,28 @@ class Issue < ActiveRecord::Base
     attributes
   end
 
-  # Mentionable overrides.
+  def self.reference_prefix
+    '#'
+  end
+
+  # Pattern used to extract `#123` issue references from text
+  #
+  # This pattern supports cross-project references.
+  def self.reference_pattern
+    %r{
+      (#{Project.reference_pattern})?
+      #{Regexp.escape(reference_prefix)}(?<issue>\d+)
+    }x
+  end
+
+  def to_reference(from_project = nil)
+    reference = "#{self.class.reference_prefix}#{iid}"
+
+    if cross_project_reference?(from_project)
+      reference = project.to_reference + reference
+    end
 
-  def gfm_reference
-    "issue ##{iid}"
+    reference
   end
 
   # Reset issue events cache

app/models/label.rb

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #
 
 class Label < ActiveRecord::Base
+  include Referable
+
   DEFAULT_COLOR = '#428BCA'
 
   default_value_for :color, DEFAULT_COLOR
@@ -34,6 +36,45 @@ class Label < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   alias_attribute :name, :title
 
+  def self.reference_prefix
+    '~'
+  end
+
+  # Pattern used to extract label references from text
+  def self.reference_pattern
+    %r{
+      #{reference_prefix}
+      (?:
+        (?<label_id>\d+) | # Integer-based label ID, or
+        (?<label_name>
+          [A-Za-z0-9_-]+ | # String-based single-word label title, or
+          "[^&\?,]+"       # String-based multi-word label surrounded in quotes
+        )
+      )
+    }x
+  end
+
+  # Returns the String necessary to reference this Label in Markdown
+  #
+  # format - Symbol format to use (default: :id, optional: :name)
+  #
+  # Note that its argument differs from other objects implementing Referable. If
+  # a non-Symbol argument is given (such as a Project), it will default to :id.
+  #
+  # Examples:
+  #
+  #   Label.first.to_reference        # => "~1"
+  #   Label.first.to_reference(:name) # => "~\"bug\""
+  #
+  # Returns a String
+  def to_reference(format = :id)
+    if format == :name && !name.include?('"')
+      %(#{self.class.reference_prefix}"#{name}")
+    else
+      "#{self.class.reference_prefix}#{id}"
+    end
+  end
+
   def open_issues_count
     issues.opened.count
   end

app/models/merge_request.rb

@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ require Rails.root.join("app/models/commit")
 require Rails.root.join("lib/static_model")
 
 class MergeRequest < ActiveRecord::Base
-  include Issuable
-  include Taskable
   include InternalId
+  include Issuable
+  include Referable
   include Sortable
+  include Taskable
 
   belongs_to :target_project, foreign_key: :target_project_id, class_name: "Project"
   belongs_to :source_project, foreign_key: :source_project_id, class_name: "Project"
@@ -135,6 +136,30 @@ class MergeRequest < ActiveRecord::Base
   scope :closed, -> { with_states(:closed, :merged) }
   scope :declined, -> { with_states(:closed) }
 
+  def self.reference_prefix
+    '!'
+  end
+
+  # Pattern used to extract `!123` merge request references from text
+  #
+  # This pattern supports cross-project references.
+  def self.reference_pattern
+    %r{
+      (#{Project.reference_pattern})?
+      #{Regexp.escape(reference_prefix)}(?<merge_request>\d+)
+    }x
+  end
+
+  def to_reference(from_project = nil)
+    reference = "#{self.class.reference_prefix}#{iid}"
+
+    if cross_project_reference?(from_project)
+      reference = project.to_reference + reference
+    end
+
+    reference
+  end
+
   def validate_branches
     if target_project == source_project && target_branch == source_branch
       errors.add :branch_conflict, "You can not use same project/branch for source and target"
@@ -289,11 +314,6 @@ class MergeRequest < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
   end
 
-  # Mentionable override.
-  def gfm_reference
-    "merge request !#{iid}"
-  end
-
   def target_project_path
     if target_project
       target_project.path_with_namespace

app/models/note.rb

@@ -326,8 +326,8 @@ class Note < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   # Mentionable override.
-  def gfm_reference
-    noteable.gfm_reference
+  def gfm_reference(from_project = nil)
+    noteable.gfm_reference(from_project)
   end
 
   # Mentionable override.

app/models/project.rb

@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@ require 'carrierwave/orm/activerecord'
 require 'file_size_validator'
 
 class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
-  include Sortable
+  include Gitlab::ConfigHelper
   include Gitlab::ShellAdapter
   include Gitlab::VisibilityLevel
-  include Gitlab::ConfigHelper
   include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers
+  include Referable
+  include Sortable
 
   extend Gitlab::ConfigHelper
   extend Enumerize
@@ -247,6 +248,11 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
         order_by(method)
       end
     end
+
+    def reference_pattern
+      name_pattern = Gitlab::Regex::NAMESPACE_REGEX_STR
+      %r{(?<project>#{name_pattern}/#{name_pattern})}
+    end
   end
 
   def team
@@ -305,6 +311,10 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
     path
   end
 
+  def to_reference(_from_project = nil)
+    path_with_namespace
+  end
+
   def web_url
     [gitlab_config.url, path_with_namespace].join('/')
   end

app/models/snippet.rb

@@ -16,14 +16,16 @@
 #
 
 class Snippet < ActiveRecord::Base
-  include Sortable
-  include Linguist::BlobHelper
   include Gitlab::VisibilityLevel
+  include Linguist::BlobHelper
   include Participable
+  include Referable
+  include Sortable
 
   default_value_for :visibility_level, Snippet::PRIVATE
 
-  belongs_to :author, class_name: "User"
+  belongs_to :author, class_name: 'User'
+  belongs_to :project
 
   has_many :notes, as: :noteable, dependent: :destroy
 
@@ -50,6 +52,30 @@ class Snippet < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   participant :author, :notes
 
+  def self.reference_prefix
+    '$'
+  end
+
+  # Pattern used to extract `$123` snippet references from text
+  #
+  # This pattern supports cross-project references.
+  def self.reference_pattern
+    %r{
+      (#{Project.reference_pattern})?
+      #{Regexp.escape(reference_prefix)}(?<snippet>\d+)
+    }x
+  end
+
+  def to_reference(from_project = nil)
+    reference = "#{self.class.reference_prefix}#{id}"
+
+    if cross_project_reference?(from_project)
+      reference = project.to_reference + reference
+    end
+
+    reference
+  end
+
   def self.content_types
     [
       ".rb", ".py", ".pl", ".scala", ".c", ".cpp", ".java",

app/models/user.rb

@@ -62,11 +62,13 @@ require 'carrierwave/orm/activerecord'
 require 'file_size_validator'
 
 class User < ActiveRecord::Base
-  include Sortable
-  include Gitlab::ConfigHelper
-  include TokenAuthenticatable
   extend Gitlab::ConfigHelper
+
+  include Gitlab::ConfigHelper
   include Gitlab::CurrentSettings
+  include Referable
+  include Sortable
+  include TokenAuthenticatable
 
   default_value_for :admin, false
   default_value_for :can_create_group, gitlab_config.default_can_create_group
@@ -247,6 +249,18 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
     def build_user(attrs = {})
       User.new(attrs)
     end
+
+    def reference_prefix
+      '@'
+    end
+
+    # Pattern used to extract `@user` user references from text
+    def reference_pattern
+      %r{
+        #{Regexp.escape(reference_prefix)}
+        (?<user>#{Gitlab::Regex::NAMESPACE_REGEX_STR})
+      }x
+    end
   end
 
   #
@@ -257,6 +271,10 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
     username
   end
 
+  def to_reference(_from_project = nil)
+    "#{self.class.reference_prefix}#{username}"
+  end
+
   def notification
     @notification ||= Notification.new(self)
   end

app/services/system_note_service.rb

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class SystemNoteService
   # author           - User performing the change
   # new_commits      - Array of Commits added since last push
   # existing_commits - Array of Commits added in a previous push
-  # oldrev           - TODO (rspeicher): I have no idea what this actually does
+  # oldrev           - Optional String SHA of a previous Commit
   #
   # See new_commit_summary and existing_commit_summary.
   #
@@ -157,11 +157,11 @@ class SystemNoteService
   #
   # Example Note text:
   #
-  #   "Mentioned in #1"
+  #   "mentioned in #1"
   #
-  #   "Mentioned in !2"
+  #   "mentioned in !2"
   #
-  #   "Mentioned in 54f7727c"
+  #   "mentioned in 54f7727c"
   #
   # See cross_reference_note_content.
   #
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class SystemNoteService
   def self.cross_reference(noteable, mentioner, author)
     return if cross_reference_disallowed?(noteable, mentioner)
 
-    gfm_reference = mentioner_gfm_ref(noteable, mentioner)
+    gfm_reference = mentioner.gfm_reference(noteable.project)
 
     note_options = {
       project: noteable.project,
@@ -200,12 +200,21 @@ class SystemNoteService
   #
   # Returns Boolean
   def self.cross_reference_disallowed?(noteable, mentioner)
-    return false unless MergeRequest === mentioner
-    return false unless Commit === noteable
+    return false unless mentioner.is_a?(MergeRequest)
+    return false unless noteable.is_a?(Commit)
 
     mentioner.commits.include?(noteable)
   end
 
+  # Check if a cross reference to a noteable from a mentioner already exists
+  #
+  # This method is used to prevent multiple notes being created for a mention
+  # when a issue is updated, for example.
+  #
+  # noteable  - Noteable object being referenced
+  # mentioner - Mentionable object
+  #
+  # Returns Boolean
   def self.cross_reference_exists?(noteable, mentioner)
     # Initial scope should be system notes of this noteable type
     notes = Note.system.where(noteable_type: noteable.class)
@@ -217,7 +226,7 @@ class SystemNoteService
       notes = notes.where(noteable_id: noteable.id)
     end
 
-    gfm_reference = mentioner_gfm_ref(noteable, mentioner, true)
+    gfm_reference = mentioner.gfm_reference(noteable.project)
     notes = notes.where(note: cross_reference_note_content(gfm_reference))
 
     notes.count > 0
@@ -229,39 +238,6 @@ class SystemNoteService
     Note.create(args.merge(system: true))
   end
 
-  # Prepend the mentioner's namespaced project path to the GFM reference for
-  # cross-project references.  For same-project references, return the
-  # unmodified GFM reference.
-  def self.mentioner_gfm_ref(noteable, mentioner, cross_reference = false)
-    # FIXME (rspeicher): This was breaking things.
-    # if mentioner.is_a?(Commit) && cross_reference
-    #   return mentioner.gfm_reference.sub('commit ', 'commit %')
-    # end
-
-    full_gfm_reference(mentioner.project, noteable.project, mentioner)
-  end
-
-  # Return the +mentioner+ GFM reference.  If the mentioner and noteable
-  # projects are not the same, add the mentioning project's path to the
-  # returned value.
-  def self.full_gfm_reference(mentioning_project, noteable_project, mentioner)
-    if mentioning_project == noteable_project
-      mentioner.gfm_reference
-    else
-      if mentioner.is_a?(Commit)
-        mentioner.gfm_reference.sub(
-          /(commit )/,
-          "\\1#{mentioning_project.path_with_namespace}@"
-        )
-      else
-        mentioner.gfm_reference.sub(
-          /(issue |merge request )/,
-          "\\1#{mentioning_project.path_with_namespace}"
-        )
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
   def self.cross_reference_note_prefix
     'mentioned in '
   end
@@ -286,7 +262,7 @@ class SystemNoteService
   #
   # noteable         - MergeRequest object
   # existing_commits - Array of existing Commit objects
-  # oldrev           - Optional String SHA of ... TODO (rspeicher): I have no idea what this actually does.
+  # oldrev           - Optional String SHA of a previous Commit
   #
   # Examples:
   #

app/views/shared/snippets/_form.html.haml

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
       - else
         = f.submit 'Save', class: "btn-save btn"
 
-      - if @snippet.respond_to?(:project)
+      - if @snippet.project_id
         = link_to "Cancel", namespace_project_snippets_path(@project.namespace, @project), class: "btn btn-cancel"
       - else
         = link_to "Cancel", snippets_path(@project), class: "btn btn-cancel"

lib/gitlab/closing_issue_extractor.rb

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module Gitlab
 
     def closed_by_message(message)
       return [] if message.nil?
-      
+
       closing_statements = message.scan(ISSUE_CLOSING_REGEX).
         map { |ref| ref[0] }.join(" ")
 

lib/gitlab/markdown/commit_range_reference_filter.rb

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ module Gitlab
       #
       # Returns a String replaced with the return of the block.
       def self.references_in(text)
-        text.gsub(COMMIT_RANGE_PATTERN) do |match|
+        text.gsub(CommitRange.reference_pattern) do |match|
           yield match, $~[:commit_range], $~[:project]
         end
       end
@@ -30,13 +30,8 @@ module Gitlab
         @commit_map = {}
       end
 
-      # Pattern used to extract commit range references from text
-      #
-      # This pattern supports cross-project references.
-      COMMIT_RANGE_PATTERN = /(#{PROJECT_PATTERN}@)?(?<commit_range>#{CommitRange::PATTERN})/
-
       def call
-        replace_text_nodes_matching(COMMIT_RANGE_PATTERN) do |content|
+        replace_text_nodes_matching(CommitRange.reference_pattern) do |content|
           commit_range_link_filter(content)
         end
       end

lib/gitlab/markdown/commit_reference_filter.rb

@@ -19,20 +19,13 @@ module Gitlab
       #
       # Returns a String replaced with the return of the block.
       def self.references_in(text)
-        text.gsub(COMMIT_PATTERN) do |match|
+        text.gsub(Commit.reference_pattern) do |match|
           yield match, $~[:commit], $~[:project]
         end
       end
 
-      # Pattern used to extract commit references from text
-      #
-      # The SHA1 sum can be between 6 and 40 hex characters.
-      #
-      # This pattern supports cross-project references.
-      COMMIT_PATTERN = /(#{PROJECT_PATTERN}@)?(?<commit>\h{6,40})/
-
       def call
-        replace_text_nodes_matching(COMMIT_PATTERN) do |content|
+        replace_text_nodes_matching(Commit.reference_pattern) do |content|
           commit_link_filter(content)
         end
       end

lib/gitlab/markdown/cross_project_reference.rb

@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ module Gitlab
     # Common methods for ReferenceFilters that support an optional cross-project
     # reference.
     module CrossProjectReference
-      NAMING_PATTERN  = Gitlab::Regex::NAMESPACE_REGEX_STR
-      PROJECT_PATTERN = "(?<project>#{NAMING_PATTERN}/#{NAMING_PATTERN})"
-
       # Given a cross-project reference string, get the Project record
       #
       # Defaults to value of `context[:project]` if:

lib/gitlab/markdown/external_issue_reference_filter.rb

@@ -16,19 +16,16 @@ module Gitlab
       #
       # Returns a String replaced with the return of the block.
       def self.references_in(text)
-        text.gsub(ISSUE_PATTERN) do |match|
+        text.gsub(ExternalIssue.reference_pattern) do |match|
           yield match, $~[:issue]
         end
       end
 
-      # Pattern used to extract `JIRA-123` issue references from text
-      ISSUE_PATTERN = /(?<issue>([A-Z\-]+-)\d+)/
-
       def call
         # Early return if the project isn't using an external tracker
         return doc if project.nil? || project.default_issues_tracker?
 
-        replace_text_nodes_matching(ISSUE_PATTERN) do |content|
+        replace_text_nodes_matching(ExternalIssue.reference_pattern) do |content|
           issue_link_filter(content)
         end
       end
@@ -51,7 +48,7 @@ module Gitlab
 
           %(<a href="#{url}"
                title="#{title}"
-               class="#{klass}">#{issue}</a>)
+               class="#{klass}">#{match}</a>)
         end
       end
 

lib/gitlab/markdown/issue_reference_filter.rb

@@ -20,18 +20,13 @@ module Gitlab
       #
       # Returns a String replaced with the return of the block.
       def self.references_in(text)
-        text.gsub(ISSUE_PATTERN) do |match|
+        text.gsub(Issue.reference_pattern) do |match|
           yield match, $~[:issue].to_i, $~[:project]
         end
       end
 
-      # Pattern used to extract `#123` issue references from text
-      #
-      # This pattern supports cross-project references.
-      ISSUE_PATTERN = /#{PROJECT_PATTERN}?\#(?<issue>([a-zA-Z\-]+-)?\d+)/
-
       def call
-        replace_text_nodes_matching(ISSUE_PATTERN) do |content|
+        replace_text_nodes_matching(Issue.reference_pattern) do |content|
           issue_link_filter(content)
         end
       end
@@ -57,7 +52,7 @@ module Gitlab
 
             %(<a href="#{url}"
                  title="#{title}"
-                 class="#{klass}">#{project_ref}##{id}</a>)
+                 class="#{klass}">#{match}</a>)
           else
             match
           end

lib/gitlab/markdown/label_reference_filter.rb

@@ -15,26 +15,13 @@ module Gitlab
       #
       # Returns a String replaced with the return of the block.
       def self.references_in(text)
-        text.gsub(LABEL_PATTERN) do |match|
+        text.gsub(Label.reference_pattern) do |match|
           yield match, $~[:label_id].to_i, $~[:label_name]
         end
       end
 
-      # Pattern used to extract label references from text
-      #
-      # TODO (rspeicher): Limit to double quotes (meh) or disallow single quotes in label names (bad).
-      LABEL_PATTERN = %r{
-        ~(
-          (?<label_id>\d+)   | # Integer-based label ID, or
-          (?<label_name>
-            [A-Za-z0-9_-]+   | # String-based single-word label title
-            ['"][^&\?,]+['"]   # String-based multi-word label surrounded in quotes
-          )
-        )
-      }x
-
       def call
-        replace_text_nodes_matching(LABEL_PATTERN) do |content|
+        replace_text_nodes_matching(Label.reference_pattern) do |content|
           label_link_filter(content)
         end
       end
@@ -85,8 +72,7 @@ module Gitlab
       # Returns a Hash.
       def label_params(id, name)
         if name
-          # TODO (rspeicher): Don't strip single quotes if we decide to only use double quotes for surrounding.
-          { name: name.tr('\'"', '') }
+          { name: name.tr('"', '') }
         else
           { id: id }
         end

lib/gitlab/markdown/merge_request_reference_filter.rb

@@ -20,18 +20,13 @@ module Gitlab
       #
       # Returns a String replaced with the return of the block.
       def self.references_in(text)
-        text.gsub(MERGE_REQUEST_PATTERN) do |match|
+        text.gsub(MergeRequest.reference_pattern) do |match|
           yield match, $~[:merge_request].to_i, $~[:project]
         end
       end
 
-      # Pattern used to extract `!123` merge request references from text
-      #
-      # This pattern supports cross-project references.
-      MERGE_REQUEST_PATTERN = /#{PROJECT_PATTERN}?!(?<merge_request>\d+)/
-
       def call
-        replace_text_nodes_matching(MERGE_REQUEST_PATTERN) do |content|
+        replace_text_nodes_matching(MergeRequest.reference_pattern) do |content|
           merge_request_link_filter(content)
         end
       end
@@ -57,7 +52,7 @@ module Gitlab
 
             %(<a href="#{url}"
                  title="#{title}"
-                 class="#{klass}">#{project_ref}!#{id}</a>)
+                 class="#{klass}">#{match}</a>)
           else
             match
           end

lib/gitlab/markdown/reference_filter.rb

 require 'active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety'
-require 'html/pipeline'
+require 'html/pipeline/filter'
 
 module Gitlab
   module Markdown

lib/gitlab/markdown/snippet_reference_filter.rb

@@ -20,18 +20,13 @@ module Gitlab
       #
       # Returns a String replaced with the return of the block.
       def self.references_in(text)
-        text.gsub(SNIPPET_PATTERN) do |match|
+        text.gsub(Snippet.reference_pattern) do |match|
           yield match, $~[:snippet].to_i, $~[:project]
         end
       end
 
-      # Pattern used to extract `$123` snippet references from text
-      #
-      # This pattern supports cross-project references.
-      SNIPPET_PATTERN = /#{PROJECT_PATTERN}?\$(?<snippet>\d+)/
-
       def call
-        replace_text_nodes_matching(SNIPPET_PATTERN) do |content|
+        replace_text_nodes_matching(Snippet.reference_pattern) do |content|
           snippet_link_filter(content)
         end
       end
@@ -57,7 +52,7 @@ module Gitlab
 
             %(<a href="#{url}"
                  title="#{title}"
-                 class="#{klass}">#{project_ref}$#{id}</a>)
+                 class="#{klass}">#{match}</a>)
           else
             match
           end

lib/gitlab/markdown/user_reference_filter.rb

@@ -16,16 +16,13 @@ module Gitlab
       #
       # Returns a String replaced with the return of the block.
       def self.references_in(text)
-        text.gsub(USER_PATTERN) do |match|
+        text.gsub(User.reference_pattern) do |match|
           yield match, $~[:user]
         end
       end
 
-      # Pattern used to extract `@user` user references from text
-      USER_PATTERN = /@(?<user>#{Gitlab::Regex::NAMESPACE_REGEX_STR})/
-
       def call
-        replace_text_nodes_matching(USER_PATTERN) do |content|
+        replace_text_nodes_matching(User.reference_pattern) do |content|
           user_link_filter(content)
         end
       end
@@ -68,7 +65,8 @@ module Gitlab
         url = urls.namespace_project_url(project.namespace, project,
                                          only_path: context[:only_path])
 
-        %(<a href="#{url}" class="#{link_class}">@all</a>)
+        text = User.reference_prefix + 'all'
+        %(<a href="#{url}" class="#{link_class}">#{text}</a>)
       end
 
       def link_to_namespace(namespace)
@@ -86,7 +84,8 @@ module Gitlab
 
         url = urls.group_url(group, only_path: context[:only_path])
 
-        %(<a href="#{url}" class="#{link_class}">@#{group}</a>)
+        text = Group.reference_prefix + group
+        %(<a href="#{url}" class="#{link_class}">#{text}</a>)
       end
 
       def link_to_user(user, namespace)
@@ -94,7 +93,8 @@ module Gitlab
 
         url = urls.user_url(user, only_path: context[:only_path])
 
-        %(<a href="#{url}" class="#{link_class}">@#{user}</a>)
+        text = User.reference_prefix + user
+        %(<a href="#{url}" class="#{link_class}">#{text}</a>)
       end
 
       def user_can_reference_group?(group)

spec/features/gitlab_flavored_markdown_spec.rb

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ describe "GitLab Flavored Markdown", feature: true do
   end
 
   before do
-    Commit.any_instance.stub(title: "fix ##{issue.iid}\n\nask @#{fred.username} for details")
+    Commit.any_instance.stub(title: "fix #{issue.to_reference}\n\nask #{fred.to_reference} for details")
   end
 
   let(:commit) { project.commit }
@@ -25,25 +25,25 @@ describe "GitLab Flavored Markdown", feature: true do
     it "should render title in commits#index" do
       visit namespace_project_commits_path(project.namespace, project, 'master', limit: 1)
 
-      expect(page).to have_link("##{issue.iid}")
+      expect(page).to have_link(issue.to_reference)
     end
 
     it "should render title in commits#show" do
       visit namespace_project_commit_path(project.namespace, project, commit)
 
-      expect(page).to have_link("##{issue.iid}")
+      expect(page).to have_link(issue.to_reference)
     end
 
     it "should render description in commits#show" do
       visit namespace_project_commit_path(project.namespace, project, commit)
 
-      expect(page).to have_link("@#{fred.username}")
+      expect(page).to have_link(fred.to_reference)
     end
 
     it "should render title in repositories#branches" do
       visit namespace_project_branches_path(project.namespace, project)
 
-      expect(page).to have_link("##{issue.iid}")
+      expect(page).to have_link(issue.to_reference)
     end
   end
 
@@ -57,20 +57,20 @@ describe "GitLab Flavored Markdown", feature: true do
                       author: @user,
                       assignee: @user,
                       project: project,
-                      title: "fix ##{@other_issue.iid}",
-                      description: "ask @#{fred.username} for details")
+                      title: "fix #{@other_issue.to_reference}",
+                      description: "ask #{fred.to_reference} for details")
     end
 
     it "should render subject in issues#index" do
       visit namespace_project_issues_path(project.namespace, project)
 
-      expect(page).to have_link("##{@other_issue.iid}")
+      expect(page).to have_link(@other_issue.to_reference)
     end
 
     it "should render subject in issues#show" do
       visit namespace_project_issue_path(project.namespace, project, @issue)
 
-      expect(page).to have_link("##{@other_issue.iid}")
+      expect(page).to have_link(@other_issue.to_reference)
     end
 
     it "should render details in issues#show" do
@@ -83,19 +83,19 @@ describe "GitLab Flavored Markdown", feature: true do
 
   describe "for merge requests" do
     before do
-      @merge_request = create(:merge_request, source_project: project, target_project: project, title: "fix ##{issue.iid}")
+      @merge_request = create(:merge_request, source_project: project, target_project: project, title: "fix #{issue.to_reference}")
     end
 
     it "should render title in merge_requests#index" do
       visit namespace_project_merge_requests_path(project.namespace, project)
 
-      expect(page).to have_link("##{issue.iid}")
+      expect(page).to have_link(issue.to_reference)
     end
 
     it "should render title in merge_requests#show" do
       visit namespace_project_merge_request_path(project.namespace, project, @merge_request)
 
-      expect(page).to have_link("##{issue.iid}")
+      expect(page).to have_link(issue.to_reference)
     end
   end
 
@@ -104,26 +104,26 @@ describe "GitLab Flavored Markdown", feature: true do
     before do
       @milestone = create(:milestone,
                           project: project,
-                          title: "fix ##{issue.iid}",
-                          description: "ask @#{fred.username} for details")
+                          title: "fix #{issue.to_reference}",
+                          description: "ask #{fred.to_reference} for details")
     end
 
     it "should render title in milestones#index" do
       visit namespace_project_milestones_path(project.namespace, project)
 
-      expect(page).to have_link("##{issue.iid}")
+      expect(page).to have_link(issue.to_reference)
     end
 
     it "should render title in milestones#show" do
       visit namespace_project_milestone_path(project.namespace, project, @milestone)
 
-      expect(page).to have_link("##{issue.iid}")
+      expect(page).to have_link(issue.to_reference)
     end
 
     it "should render description in milestones#show" do
       visit namespace_project_milestone_path(project.namespace, project, @milestone)
 
-      expect(page).to have_link("@#{fred.username}")
+      expect(page).to have_link(fred.to_reference)
     end
   end
 end

spec/features/markdown_spec.rb

@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ describe 'GitLab Markdown' do
     @doc.at_css("##{id}").parent.next_element
   end
 
+  # Sometimes it can be useful to see the parsed output of the Markdown document
+  # for debugging. Uncomment this block to write the output to
+  # tmp/capybara/markdown_spec.html.
+  #
   # it 'writes to a file' do
   #   File.open(Rails.root.join('tmp/capybara/markdown_spec.html'), 'w') do |file|
   #     file.puts @md
@@ -344,13 +348,13 @@ class MarkdownFeature
   end
 
   def commit
-    @commit ||= project.repository.commit
+    @commit ||= project.commit
   end
 
   def commit_range
     unless @commit_range
-      commit2 = project.repository.commit('HEAD~3')
-      @commit_range = CommitRange.new("#{commit.id}...#{commit2.id}")
+      commit2 = project.commit('HEAD~3')
+      @commit_range = CommitRange.new("#{commit.id}...#{commit2.id}", project)
     end
 
     @commit_range
@@ -376,11 +380,6 @@ class MarkdownFeature
     @xproject
   end
 
-  # Shortcut to "cross-reference/project"
-  def xref
-    xproject.path_with_namespace
-  end
-
   def xissue
     @xissue ||= create(:issue, project: xproject)
   end
@@ -394,13 +393,13 @@ class MarkdownFeature
   end
 
   def xcommit
-    @xcommit ||= xproject.repository.commit
+    @xcommit ||= xproject.commit
   end
 
   def xcommit_range
     unless @xcommit_range
-      xcommit2 = xproject.repository.commit('HEAD~2')
-      @xcommit_range = CommitRange.new("#{xcommit.id}...#{xcommit2.id}")
+      xcommit2 = xproject.commit('HEAD~2')
+      @xcommit_range = CommitRange.new("#{xcommit.id}...#{xcommit2.id}", xproject)
     end
 
     @xcommit_range

spec/fixtures/markdown.md.erb

@@ -127,61 +127,61 @@ But it shouldn't autolink text inside certain tags:
 - <a>http://about.gitlab.com/</a>
 - <kbd>http://about.gitlab.com/</kbd>
 
-### Reference Filters (e.g., #<%= issue.iid %>)
+### Reference Filters (e.g., <%= issue.to_reference %>)
 
-References should be parseable even inside _!<%= merge_request.iid %>_ emphasis.
+References should be parseable even inside _<%= merge_request.to_reference %>_ emphasis.
 
 #### UserReferenceFilter
 
 - All: @all
-- User: @<%= user.username %>
-- Group: @<%= group.name %>
-- Ignores invalid: @fake_user
-- Ignored in code: `@<%= user.username %>`
-- Ignored in links: [Link to @<%= user.username %>](#user-link)
+- User: <%= user.to_reference %>
+- Group: <%= group.to_reference %>
+- Ignores invalid: <%= User.reference_prefix %>fake_user
+- Ignored in code: `<%= user.to_reference %>`
+- Ignored in links: [Link to <%= user.to_reference %>](#user-link)
 
 #### IssueReferenceFilter
 
-- Issue: #<%= issue.iid %>
-- Issue in another project: <%= xref %>#<%= xissue.iid %>
-- Ignored in code: `#<%= issue.iid %>`
-- Ignored in links: [Link to #<%= issue.iid %>](#issue-link)
+- Issue: <%= issue.to_reference %>
+- Issue in another project: <%= xissue.to_reference(project) %>
+- Ignored in code: `<%= issue.to_reference %>`
+- Ignored in links: [Link to <%= issue.to_reference %>](#issue-link)
 
 #### MergeRequestReferenceFilter
 
-- Merge request: !<%= merge_request.iid %>
-- Merge request in another project: <%= xref %>!<%= xmerge_request.iid %>
-- Ignored in code: `!<%= merge_request.iid %>`
-- Ignored in links: [Link to !<%= merge_request.iid %>](#merge-request-link)
+- Merge request: <%= merge_request.to_reference %>
+- Merge request in another project: <%= xmerge_request.to_reference(project) %>
+- Ignored in code: `<%= merge_request.to_reference %>`
+- Ignored in links: [Link to <%= merge_request.to_reference %>](#merge-request-link)
 
 #### SnippetReferenceFilter
 
-- Snippet: $<%= snippet.id %>
-- Snippet in another project: <%= xref %>$<%= xsnippet.id %>
-- Ignored in code: `$<%= snippet.id %>`
-- Ignored in links: [Link to $<%= snippet.id %>](#snippet-link)
+- Snippet: <%= snippet.to_reference %>
+- Snippet in another project: <%= xsnippet.to_reference(project) %>
+- Ignored in code: `<%= snippet.to_reference %>`
+- Ignored in links: [Link to <%= snippet.to_reference %>](#snippet-link)
 
 #### CommitRangeReferenceFilter
 
-- Range: <%= commit_range %>
-- Range in another project: <%= xref %>@<%= xcommit_range %>
-- Ignored in code: `<%= commit_range %>`
-- Ignored in links: [Link to <%= commit_range %>](#commit-range-link)
+- Range: <%= commit_range.to_reference %>
+- Range in another project: <%= xcommit_range.to_reference(project) %>
+- Ignored in code: `<%= commit_range.to_reference %>`
+- Ignored in links: [Link to <%= commit_range.to_reference %>](#commit-range-link)
 
 #### CommitReferenceFilter
 
-- Commit: <%= commit.id %>
-- Commit in another project: <%= xref %>@<%= xcommit.id %>
-- Ignored in code: `<%= commit.id %>`
-- Ignored in links: [Link to <%= commit.id %>](#commit-link)
+- Commit: <%= commit.to_reference %>
+- Commit in another project: <%= xcommit.to_reference(project) %>
+- Ignored in code: `<%= commit.to_reference %>`
+- Ignored in links: [Link to <%= commit.to_reference %>](#commit-link)
 
 #### LabelReferenceFilter
 
-- Label by ID: ~<%= simple_label.id %>
-- Label by name: ~<%= simple_label.name %>
-- Label by name in quotes: ~"<%= label.name %>"
-- Ignored in code: `~<%= simple_label.name %>`
-- Ignored in links: [Link to ~<%= simple_label.id %>](#label-link)
+- Label by ID: <%= simple_label.to_reference %>
+- Label by name: <%= Label.reference_prefix %><%= simple_label.name %>
+- Label by name in quotes: <%= label.to_reference(:name) %>
+- Ignored in code: `<%= simple_label.to_reference %>`
+- Ignored in links: [Link to <%= simple_label.to_reference %>](#label-link)
 
 ### Task Lists
 

spec/helpers/gitlab_markdown_helper_spec.rb

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe GitlabMarkdownHelper do
     end
 
     describe "referencing multiple objects" do
-      let(:actual) { "!#{merge_request.iid} -> #{commit.id} -> ##{issue.iid}" }
+      let(:actual) { "#{merge_request.to_reference} -> #{commit.to_reference} -> #{issue.to_reference}" }
 
       it "should link to the merge request" do
         expected = namespace_project_merge_request_path(project.namespace, project, merge_request)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ describe GitlabMarkdownHelper do
     let(:issues)      { create_list(:issue, 2, project: project) }
 
     it 'should handle references nested in links with all the text' do
-      actual = link_to_gfm("This should finally fix ##{issues[0].iid} and ##{issues[1].iid} for real", commit_path)
+      actual = link_to_gfm("This should finally fix #{issues[0].to_reference} and #{issues[1].to_reference} for real", commit_path)
       doc = Nokogiri::HTML.parse(actual)
 
       # Make sure we didn't create invalid markup
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ describe GitlabMarkdownHelper do
       # First issue link
       expect(doc.css('a')[1].attr('href')).
         to eq namespace_project_issue_path(project.namespace, project, issues[0])
-      expect(doc.css('a')[1].text).to eq "##{issues[0].iid}"
+      expect(doc.css('a')[1].text).to eq issues[0].to_reference
 
       # Internal commit link
       expect(doc.css('a')[2].attr('href')).to eq commit_path
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ describe GitlabMarkdownHelper do
       # Second issue link
       expect(doc.css('a')[3].attr('href')).
         to eq namespace_project_issue_path(project.namespace, project, issues[1])
-      expect(doc.css('a')[3].text).to eq "##{issues[1].iid}"
+      expect(doc.css('a')[3].text).to eq issues[1].to_reference
 
       # Trailing commit link
       expect(doc.css('a')[4].attr('href')).to eq commit_path
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ describe GitlabMarkdownHelper do
     end
 
     it "escapes HTML passed in as the body" do
-      actual = "This is a <h1>test</h1> - see ##{issues[0].iid}"
+      actual = "This is a <h1>test</h1> - see #{issues[0].to_reference}"
       expect(link_to_gfm(actual, commit_path)).
         to match('&lt;h1&gt;test&lt;/h1&gt;')
     end

spec/lib/gitlab/closing_issue_extractor_spec.rb

 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe Gitlab::ClosingIssueExtractor do
-  let(:project) { create(:project) }
-  let(:issue) { create(:issue, project: project) }
-  let(:iid1) { issue.iid }
+  let(:project)   { create(:project) }
+  let(:issue)     { create(:issue, project: project) }
+  let(:reference) { issue.to_reference }
 
   subject { described_class.new(project, project.creator) }
 
   describe "#closed_by_message" do
     context 'with a single reference' do
       it do
-        message = "Awesome commit (Closes ##{iid1})"
+        message = "Awesome commit (Closes #{reference})"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
 
       it do
-        message = "Awesome commit (closes ##{iid1})"
+        message = "Awesome commit (closes #{reference})"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
 
       it do
-        message = "Closed ##{iid1}"
+        message = "Closed #{reference}"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
 
       it do
-        message = "closed ##{iid1}"
+        message = "closed #{reference}"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
 
       it do
-        message = "Closing ##{iid1}"
+        message = "Closing #{reference}"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
 
       it do
-        message = "closing ##{iid1}"
+        message = "closing #{reference}"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
 
       it do
-        message = "Close ##{iid1}"
+        message = "Close #{reference}"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
 
       it do
-        message = "close ##{iid1}"
+        message = "close #{reference}"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
 
       it do
-        message = "Awesome commit (Fixes ##{iid1})"
+        message = "Awesome commit (Fixes #{reference})"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
 
       it do
-        message = "Awesome commit (fixes ##{iid1})"
+        message = "Awesome commit (fixes #{reference})"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
 
       it do
-        message = "Fixed ##{iid1}"
+        message = "Fixed #{reference}"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
 
       it do
-        message = "fixed ##{iid1}"
+        message = "fixed #{reference}"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
 
       it do
-        message = "Fixing ##{iid1}"
+        message = "Fixing #{reference}"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
 
       it do
-        message = "fixing ##{iid1}"
+        message = "fixing #{reference}"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
 
       it do
-        message = "Fix ##{iid1}"
+        message = "Fix #{reference}"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
 
       it do
-        message = "fix ##{iid1}"
+        message = "fix #{reference}"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
 
       it do
-        message = "Awesome commit (Resolves ##{iid1})"
+        message = "Awesome commit (Resolves #{reference})"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
 
       it do
-        message = "Awesome commit (resolves ##{iid1})"
+        message = "Awesome commit (resolves #{reference})"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
 
       it do
-        message = "Resolved ##{iid1}"
+        message = "Resolved #{reference}"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
 
       it do
-        message = "resolved ##{iid1}"
+        message = "resolved #{reference}"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
 
       it do
-        message = "Resolving ##{iid1}"
+        message = "Resolving #{reference}"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
 
       it do
-        message = "resolving ##{iid1}"
+        message = "resolving #{reference}"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
 
       it do
-        message = "Resolve ##{iid1}"
+        message = "Resolve #{reference}"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
 
       it do
-        message = "resolve ##{iid1}"
+        message = "resolve #{reference}"
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).to eq([issue])
       end
     end
@@ -133,40 +133,40 @@ describe Gitlab::ClosingIssueExtractor do
     context 'with multiple references' do
       let(:other_issue) { create(:issue, project: project) }
       let(:third_issue) { create(:issue, project: project) }
-      let(:iid2) { other_issue.iid }
-      let(:iid3) { third_issue.iid }
+      let(:reference2) { other_issue.to_reference }
+      let(:reference3) { third_issue.to_reference }
 
       it 'fetches issues in single line message' do
-        message = "Closes ##{iid1} and fix ##{iid2}"
+        message = "Closes #{reference} and fix #{reference2}"
 
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).
             to eq([issue, other_issue])
       end
 
       it 'fetches comma-separated issues references in single line message' do
-        message = "Closes ##{iid1}, closes ##{iid2}"
+        message = "Closes #{reference}, closes #{reference2}"
 
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).
             to eq([issue, other_issue])
       end
 
       it 'fetches comma-separated issues numbers in single line message' do
-        message = "Closes ##{iid1}, ##{iid2} and ##{iid3}"
+        message = "Closes #{reference}, #{reference2} and #{reference3}"
 
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).
             to eq([issue, other_issue, third_issue])
       end
 
       it 'fetches issues in multi-line message' do
-        message = "Awesome commit (closes ##{iid1})\nAlso fixes ##{iid2}"
+        message = "Awesome commit (closes #{reference})\nAlso fixes #{reference2}"
 
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).
             to eq([issue, other_issue])
       end
 
       it 'fetches issues in hybrid message' do
-        message = "Awesome commit (closes ##{iid1})\n"\
-                  "Also fixing issues ##{iid2}, ##{iid3} and #4"
+        message = "Awesome commit (closes #{reference})\n"\
+                  "Also fixing issues #{reference2}, #{reference3} and #4"
 
         expect(subject.closed_by_message(message)).
             to eq([issue, other_issue, third_issue])

spec/lib/gitlab/markdown/commit_range_reference_filter_spec.rb

@@ -8,34 +8,36 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
     let(:commit1) { project.commit }
     let(:commit2) { project.commit("HEAD~2") }
 
+    let(:range)  { CommitRange.new("#{commit1.id}...#{commit2.id}") }
+    let(:range2) { CommitRange.new("#{commit1.id}..#{commit2.id}") }
+
     it 'requires project context' do
-      expect { described_class.call('Commit Range 1c002d..d200c1', {}) }.
-        to raise_error(ArgumentError, /:project/)
+      expect { described_class.call('') }.to raise_error(ArgumentError, /:project/)
     end
 
     %w(pre code a style).each do |elem|
       it "ignores valid references contained inside '#{elem}' element" do
-        exp = act = "<#{elem}>Commit Range #{commit1.id}..#{commit2.id}</#{elem}>"
+        exp = act = "<#{elem}>Commit Range #{range.to_reference}</#{elem}>"
         expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
       end
     end
 
     context 'internal reference' do
-      let(:reference) { "#{commit1.id}...#{commit2.id}" }
-      let(:reference2) { "#{commit1.id}..#{commit2.id}" }
+      let(:reference)  { range.to_reference }
+      let(:reference2) { range2.to_reference }
 
       it 'links to a valid two-dot reference' do
         doc = filter("See #{reference2}")
 
         expect(doc.css('a').first.attr('href')).
-          to eq urls.namespace_project_compare_url(project.namespace, project, from: "#{commit1.id}^", to: commit2.id)
+          to eq urls.namespace_project_compare_url(project.namespace, project, range2.to_param)
       end
 
       it 'links to a valid three-dot reference' do
         doc = filter("See #{reference}")
 
         expect(doc.css('a').first.attr('href')).
-          to eq urls.namespace_project_compare_url(project.namespace, project, from: commit1.id, to: commit2.id)
+          to eq urls.namespace_project_compare_url(project.namespace, project, range.to_param)
       end
 
       it 'links to a valid short ID' do
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
       it 'links with adjacent text' do
         doc = filter("See (#{reference}.)")
 
-        exp = Regexp.escape("#{commit1.short_id}...#{commit2.short_id}")
+        exp = Regexp.escape(range.to_s)
         expect(doc.to_html).to match(/\(<a.+>#{exp}<\/a>\.\)/)
       end
 
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
 
       it 'includes a title attribute' do
         doc = filter("See #{reference}")
-        expect(doc.css('a').first.attr('title')).to eq "Commits #{commit1.id} through #{commit2.id}"
+        expect(doc.css('a').first.attr('title')).to eq range.reference_title
       end
 
       it 'includes default classes' do
@@ -95,9 +97,11 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
     context 'cross-project reference' do
       let(:namespace) { create(:namespace, name: 'cross-reference') }
       let(:project2)  { create(:project, namespace: namespace) }
-      let(:commit1)   { project.commit }
-      let(:commit2)   { project.commit("HEAD~2") }
-      let(:reference) { "#{project2.path_with_namespace}@#{commit1.id}...#{commit2.id}" }
+      let(:reference) { range.to_reference(project) }
+
+      before do
+        range.project = project2
+      end
 
       context 'when user can access reference' do
         before { allow_cross_reference! }
@@ -106,21 +110,21 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
           doc = filter("See #{reference}")
 
           expect(doc.css('a').first.attr('href')).
-            to eq urls.namespace_project_compare_url(project2.namespace, project2, from: commit1.id, to: commit2.id)
+            to eq urls.namespace_project_compare_url(project2.namespace, project2, range.to_param)
         end
 
         it 'links with adjacent text' do
           doc = filter("Fixed (#{reference}.)")
 
-          exp = Regexp.escape("#{project2.path_with_namespace}@#{commit1.short_id}...#{commit2.short_id}")
+          exp = Regexp.escape("#{project2.to_reference}@#{range.to_s}")
           expect(doc.to_html).to match(/\(<a.+>#{exp}<\/a>\.\)/)
         end
 
         it 'ignores invalid commit IDs on the referenced project' do
-          exp = act = "Fixed #{project2.path_with_namespace}##{commit1.id.reverse}...#{commit2.id}"
+          exp = act = "Fixed #{project2.to_reference}@#{commit1.id.reverse}...#{commit2.id}"
           expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
 
-          exp = act = "Fixed #{project2.path_with_namespace}##{commit1.id}...#{commit2.id.reverse}"
+          exp = act = "Fixed #{project2.to_reference}@#{commit1.id}...#{commit2.id.reverse}"
           expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
         end
 

spec/lib/gitlab/markdown/commit_reference_filter_spec.rb

@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
     let(:commit)  { project.commit }
 
     it 'requires project context' do
-      expect { described_class.call('Commit 1c002d', {}) }.
-        to raise_error(ArgumentError, /:project/)
+      expect { described_class.call('') }.to raise_error(ArgumentError, /:project/)
     end
 
     %w(pre code a style).each do |elem|
@@ -47,10 +46,11 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
       end
 
       it 'ignores invalid commit IDs' do
-        exp = act = "See #{reference.reverse}"
+        invalid = invalidate_reference(reference)
+        exp = act = "See #{invalid}"
 
         expect(project).to receive(:valid_repo?).and_return(true)
-        expect(project.repository).to receive(:commit).with(reference.reverse)
+        expect(project.repository).to receive(:commit).with(invalid)
         expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
       end
 
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
     context 'cross-project reference' do
       let(:namespace) { create(:namespace, name: 'cross-reference') }
       let(:project2)  { create(:project, namespace: namespace) }
-      let(:commit)    { project.commit }
-      let(:reference) { "#{project2.path_with_namespace}@#{commit.id}" }
+      let(:commit)    { project2.commit }
+      let(:reference) { commit.to_reference(project) }
 
       context 'when user can access reference' do
         before { allow_cross_reference! }
@@ -109,12 +109,12 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
         it 'links with adjacent text' do
           doc = filter("Fixed (#{reference}.)")
 
-          exp = Regexp.escape(project2.path_with_namespace)
+          exp = Regexp.escape(project2.to_reference)
           expect(doc.to_html).to match(/\(<a.+>#{exp}@#{commit.short_id}<\/a>\.\)/)
         end
 
         it 'ignores invalid commit IDs on the referenced project' do
-          exp = act = "Committed #{project2.path_with_namespace}##{commit.id.reverse}"
+          exp = act = "Committed #{invalidate_reference(reference)}"
           expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
         end
 

spec/lib/gitlab/markdown/external_issue_reference_filter_spec.rb

@@ -9,19 +9,18 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
     end
 
     let(:project) { create(:jira_project) }
-    let(:issue)   { double('issue', iid: 123) }
 
     context 'JIRA issue references' do
-      let(:reference) { "JIRA-#{issue.iid}" }
+      let(:issue)     { ExternalIssue.new('JIRA-123', project) }
+      let(:reference) { issue.to_reference }
 
       it 'requires project context' do
-        expect { described_class.call('Issue JIRA-123', {}) }.
-          to raise_error(ArgumentError, /:project/)
+        expect { described_class.call('') }.to raise_error(ArgumentError, /:project/)
       end
 
       %w(pre code a style).each do |elem|
         it "ignores valid references contained inside '#{elem}' element" do
-          exp = act = "<#{elem}>Issue JIRA-#{issue.iid}</#{elem}>"
+          exp = act = "<#{elem}>Issue #{reference}</#{elem}>"
           expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
         end
       end
@@ -33,13 +32,6 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
         expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
       end
 
-      %w(pre code a style).each do |elem|
-        it "ignores references contained inside '#{elem}' element" do
-          exp = act = "<#{elem}>Issue #{reference}</#{elem}>"
-          expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
-        end
-      end
-
       it 'links to a valid reference' do
         doc = filter("Issue #{reference}")
         expect(doc.css('a').first.attr('href'))

spec/lib/gitlab/markdown/issue_reference_filter_spec.rb

@@ -12,24 +12,23 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
     let(:issue)   { create(:issue, project: project) }
 
     it 'requires project context' do
-      expect { described_class.call('Issue #123', {}) }.
-        to raise_error(ArgumentError, /:project/)
+      expect { described_class.call('') }.to raise_error(ArgumentError, /:project/)
     end
 
     %w(pre code a style).each do |elem|
       it "ignores valid references contained inside '#{elem}' element" do
-        exp = act = "<#{elem}>Issue ##{issue.iid}</#{elem}>"
+        exp = act = "<#{elem}>Issue #{issue.to_reference}</#{elem}>"
         expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
       end
     end
 
     context 'internal reference' do
-      let(:reference) { "##{issue.iid}" }
+      let(:reference) { issue.to_reference }
 
       it 'ignores valid references when using non-default tracker' do
         expect(project).to receive(:get_issue).with(issue.iid).and_return(nil)
 
-        exp = act = "Issue ##{issue.iid}"
+        exp = act = "Issue #{reference}"
         expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
       end
 
@@ -46,9 +45,9 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
       end
 
       it 'ignores invalid issue IDs' do
-        exp = act = "Fixed ##{issue.iid + 1}"
+        invalid = invalidate_reference(reference)
+        exp = act = "Fixed #{invalid}"
 
-        expect(project).to receive(:get_issue).with(issue.iid + 1).and_return(nil)
         expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
       end
 
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
       let(:namespace) { create(:namespace, name: 'cross-reference') }
       let(:project2)  { create(:empty_project, namespace: namespace) }
       let(:issue)     { create(:issue, project: project2) }
-      let(:reference) { "#{project2.path_with_namespace}##{issue.iid}" }
+      let(:reference) { issue.to_reference(project) }
 
       context 'when user can access reference' do
         before { allow_cross_reference! }
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
           expect_any_instance_of(Project).to receive(:get_issue).
             with(issue.iid).and_return(nil)
 
-          exp = act = "Issue ##{issue.iid}"
+          exp = act = "Issue #{reference}"
           expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
         end
 
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
         end
 
         it 'ignores invalid issue IDs on the referenced project' do
-          exp = act = "Fixed #{project2.path_with_namespace}##{issue.iid + 1}"
+          exp = act = "Fixed #{invalidate_reference(reference)}"
 
           expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
         end

spec/lib/gitlab/markdown/label_reference_filter_spec.rb

@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
 
     let(:project)   { create(:empty_project) }
     let(:label)     { create(:label, project: project) }
-    let(:reference) { "~#{label.id}" }
+    let(:reference) { label.to_reference }
 
     it 'requires project context' do
-      expect { described_class.call('Label ~123', {}) }.
-        to raise_error(ArgumentError, /:project/)
+      expect { described_class.call('') }.to raise_error(ArgumentError, /:project/)
     end
 
     %w(pre code a style).each do |elem|
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
       link = doc.css('a').first.attr('href')
 
       expect(link).not_to match %r(https?://)
-      expect(link).to eq urls.namespace_project_issues_url(project.namespace, project, label_name: label.name, only_path: true)
+      expect(link).to eq urls.namespace_project_issues_path(project.namespace, project, label_name: label.name)
     end
 
     it 'adds to the results hash' do
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
       end
 
       it 'ignores invalid label IDs' do
-        exp = act = "Label ~#{label.id + 1}"
+        exp = act = "Label #{invalidate_reference(reference)}"
 
         expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
       end
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
 
     context 'String-based single-word references' do
       let(:label)     { create(:label, name: 'gfm', project: project) }
-      let(:reference) { "~#{label.name}" }
+      let(:reference) { "#{Label.reference_prefix}#{label.name}" }
 
       it 'links to a valid reference' do
         doc = filter("See #{reference}")
@@ -94,59 +93,33 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
       end
 
       it 'ignores invalid label names' do
-        exp = act = "Label ~#{label.name.reverse}"
+        exp = act = "Label #{Label.reference_prefix}#{label.name.reverse}"
 
         expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
       end
     end
 
     context 'String-based multi-word references in quotes' do
-      let(:label) { create(:label, name: 'gfm references', project: project) }
+      let(:label)     { create(:label, name: 'gfm references', project: project) }
+      let(:reference) { label.to_reference(:name) }
 
-      context 'in single quotes' do
-        let(:reference) { "~'#{label.name}'" }
-
-        it 'links to a valid reference' do
-          doc = filter("See #{reference}")
-
-          expect(doc.css('a').first.attr('href')).to eq urls.
-            namespace_project_issues_url(project.namespace, project, label_name: label.name)
-          expect(doc.text).to eq 'See gfm references'
-        end
-
-        it 'links with adjacent text' do
-          doc = filter("Label (#{reference}.)")
-          expect(doc.to_html).to match(%r(\(<a.+><span.+>#{label.name}</span></a>\.\)))
-        end
-
-        it 'ignores invalid label names' do
-          exp = act = "Label ~'#{label.name.reverse}'"
+      it 'links to a valid reference' do
+        doc = filter("See #{reference}")
 
-          expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
-        end
+        expect(doc.css('a').first.attr('href')).to eq urls.
+          namespace_project_issues_url(project.namespace, project, label_name: label.name)
+        expect(doc.text).to eq 'See gfm references'
       end
 
-      context 'in double quotes' do
-        let(:reference) { %(~"#{label.name}") }
-
-        it 'links to a valid reference' do
-          doc = filter("See #{reference}")
-
-          expect(doc.css('a').first.attr('href')).to eq urls.
-            namespace_project_issues_url(project.namespace, project, label_name: label.name)
-          expect(doc.text).to eq 'See gfm references'
-        end
-
-        it 'links with adjacent text' do
-          doc = filter("Label (#{reference}.)")
-          expect(doc.to_html).to match(%r(\(<a.+><span.+>#{label.name}</span></a>\.\)))
-        end
+      it 'links with adjacent text' do
+        doc = filter("Label (#{reference}.)")
+        expect(doc.to_html).to match(%r(\(<a.+><span.+>#{label.name}</span></a>\.\)))
+      end
 
-        it 'ignores invalid label names' do
-          exp = act = %(Label ~"#{label.name.reverse}")
+      it 'ignores invalid label names' do
+        exp = act = %(Label #{Label.reference_prefix}"#{label.name.reverse}")
 
-          expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
-        end
+        expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
       end
     end
 

spec/lib/gitlab/markdown/merge_request_reference_filter_spec.rb

@@ -8,19 +8,18 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
     let(:merge)   { create(:merge_request, source_project: project) }
 
     it 'requires project context' do
-      expect { described_class.call('MergeRequest !123', {}) }.
-        to raise_error(ArgumentError, /:project/)
+      expect { described_class.call('') }.to raise_error(ArgumentError, /:project/)
     end
 
     %w(pre code a style).each do |elem|
       it "ignores valid references contained inside '#{elem}' element" do
-        exp = act = "<#{elem}>Merge !#{merge.iid}</#{elem}>"
+        exp = act = "<#{elem}>Merge #{merge.to_reference}</#{elem}>"
         expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
       end
     end
 
     context 'internal reference' do
-      let(:reference) { "!#{merge.iid}" }
+      let(:reference) { merge.to_reference }
 
       it 'links to a valid reference' do
         doc = filter("See #{reference}")
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
       end
 
       it 'ignores invalid merge IDs' do
-        exp = act = "Merge !#{merge.iid + 1}"
+        exp = act = "Merge #{invalidate_reference(reference)}"
 
         expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
       end
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
       let(:namespace) { create(:namespace, name: 'cross-reference') }
       let(:project2)  { create(:project, namespace: namespace) }
       let(:merge)     { create(:merge_request, source_project: project2) }
-      let(:reference) { "#{project2.path_with_namespace}!#{merge.iid}" }
+      let(:reference) { merge.to_reference(project) }
 
       context 'when user can access reference' do
         before { allow_cross_reference! }
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
         end
 
         it 'ignores invalid merge IDs on the referenced project' do
-          exp = act = "Merge #{project2.path_with_namespace}!#{merge.iid + 1}"
+          exp = act = "Merge #{invalidate_reference(reference)}"
 
           expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
         end

spec/lib/gitlab/markdown/snippet_reference_filter_spec.rb

@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
 
     let(:project)   { create(:empty_project) }
     let(:snippet)   { create(:project_snippet, project: project) }
-    let(:reference) { "$#{snippet.id}" }
+    let(:reference) { snippet.to_reference }
 
     it 'requires project context' do
-      expect { described_class.call('Snippet $123', {}) }.
-        to raise_error(ArgumentError, /:project/)
+      expect { described_class.call('') }.to raise_error(ArgumentError, /:project/)
     end
 
     %w(pre code a style).each do |elem|
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
       end
 
       it 'ignores invalid snippet IDs' do
-        exp = act = "Snippet $#{snippet.id + 1}"
+        exp = act = "Snippet #{invalidate_reference(reference)}"
 
         expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
       end
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
       let(:namespace) { create(:namespace, name: 'cross-reference') }
       let(:project2)  { create(:empty_project, namespace: namespace) }
       let(:snippet)   { create(:project_snippet, project: project2) }
-      let(:reference) { "#{project2.path_with_namespace}$#{snippet.id}" }
+      let(:reference) { snippet.to_reference(project) }
 
       context 'when user can access reference' do
         before { allow_cross_reference! }
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
         end
 
         it 'ignores invalid snippet IDs on the referenced project' do
-          exp = act = "See #{project2.path_with_namespace}$#{snippet.id + 1}"
+          exp = act = "See #{invalidate_reference(reference)}"
 
           expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
         end

spec/lib/gitlab/markdown/user_reference_filter_spec.rb

@@ -4,65 +4,63 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
   describe UserReferenceFilter do
     include ReferenceFilterSpecHelper
 
-    let(:project) { create(:empty_project) }
-    let(:user)    { create(:user) }
+    let(:project)   { create(:empty_project) }
+    let(:user)      { create(:user) }
+    let(:reference) { user.to_reference }
 
     it 'requires project context' do
-      expect { described_class.call('Example @mention', {}) }.
-        to raise_error(ArgumentError, /:project/)
+      expect { described_class.call('') }.to raise_error(ArgumentError, /:project/)
     end
 
     it 'ignores invalid users' do
-      exp = act = 'Hey @somebody'
+      exp = act = "Hey #{invalidate_reference(reference)}"
       expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq(exp)
     end
 
     %w(pre code a style).each do |elem|
       it "ignores valid references contained inside '#{elem}' element" do
-        exp = act = "<#{elem}>Hey @#{user.username}</#{elem}>"
+        exp = act = "<#{elem}>Hey #{reference}</#{elem}>"
         expect(filter(act).to_html).to eq exp
       end
     end
 
     context 'mentioning @all' do
+      let(:reference) { User.reference_prefix + 'all' }
+
       before do
         project.team << [project.creator, :developer]
       end
 
       it 'supports a special @all mention' do
-        doc = filter("Hey @all")
+        doc = filter("Hey #{reference}")
         expect(doc.css('a').length).to eq 1
         expect(doc.css('a').first.attr('href'))
           .to eq urls.namespace_project_url(project.namespace, project)
       end
 
       it 'adds to the results hash' do
-        result = pipeline_result('Hey @all')
+        result = pipeline_result("Hey #{reference}")
         expect(result[:references][:user]).to eq [project.creator]
       end
     end
 
     context 'mentioning a user' do
-      let(:reference) { "@#{user.username}" }
-
       it 'links to a User' do
         doc = filter("Hey #{reference}")
         expect(doc.css('a').first.attr('href')).to eq urls.user_url(user)
       end
 
-      # TODO (rspeicher): This test might be overkill
       it 'links to a User with a period' do
         user = create(:user, name: 'alphA.Beta')
 
-        doc = filter("Hey @#{user.username}")
+        doc = filter("Hey #{user.to_reference}")
         expect(doc.css('a').length).to eq 1
       end
 
-      # TODO (rspeicher): This test might be overkill
       it 'links to a User with an underscore' do
         user = create(:user, name: 'ping_pong_king')
 
-        doc = filter("Hey @#{user.username}")
+        doc = filter("Hey #{user.to_reference}")
         expect(doc.css('a').length).to eq 1
       end
 
@@ -73,10 +71,9 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
     end
 
     context 'mentioning a group' do
-      let(:group) { create(:group) }
-      let(:user)  { create(:user) }
-
-      let(:reference) { "@#{group.name}" }
+      let(:group)     { create(:group) }
+      let(:user)      { create(:user) }
+      let(:reference) { group.to_reference }
 
       context 'that the current user can read' do
         before do
@@ -108,23 +105,23 @@ module Gitlab::Markdown
     end
 
     it 'links with adjacent text' do
-      skip 'TODO (rspeicher): Re-enable when usernames can\'t end in periods.'
-      doc = filter("Mention me (@#{user.username}.)")
-      expect(doc.to_html).to match(/\(<a.+>@#{user.username}<\/a>\.\)/)
+      skip "TODO (rspeicher): Re-enable when usernames can't end in periods."
+      doc = filter("Mention me (#{reference}.)")
+      expect(doc.to_html).to match(/\(<a.+>#{reference}<\/a>\.\)/)
     end
 
     it 'includes default classes' do
-      doc = filter("Hey @#{user.username}")
+      doc = filter("Hey #{reference}")
       expect(doc.css('a').first.attr('class')).to eq 'gfm gfm-project_member'
     end
 
     it 'includes an optional custom class' do
-      doc = filter("Hey @#{user.username}", reference_class: 'custom')
+      doc = filter("Hey #{reference}", reference_class: 'custom')
       expect(doc.css('a').first.attr('class')).to include 'custom'
     end
 
     it 'supports an :only_path context' do
-      doc = filter("Hey @#{user.username}", only_path: true)
+      doc = filter("Hey #{reference}", only_path: true)
       link = doc.css('a').first.attr('href')
 
       expect(link).not_to match %r(https?://)

spec/lib/gitlab/reference_extractor_spec.rb

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ describe Gitlab::ReferenceExtractor do
     @i0 = create(:issue, project: project)
     @i1 = create(:issue, project: project)
 
-    subject.analyze("##{@i0.iid}, ##{@i1.iid}, and #999.")
+    subject.analyze("#{@i0.to_reference}, #{@i1.to_reference}, and #{Issue.reference_prefix}999.")
     expect(subject.issues).to eq([@i0, @i1])
   end
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ describe Gitlab::ReferenceExtractor do
     end
 
     it 'handles project issue references' do
-      subject.analyze("this refers issue #{other_project.path_with_namespace}##{issue.iid}")
+      subject.analyze("this refers issue #{issue.to_reference(project)}")
       extracted = subject.issues
       expect(extracted.size).to eq(1)
       expect(extracted).to eq([issue])

spec/models/commit_range_spec.rb

 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe CommitRange do
+  describe 'modules' do
+    subject { described_class }
+
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Referable) }
+  end
+
   let(:sha_from) { 'f3f85602' }
   let(:sha_to)   { 'e86e1013' }
 
@@ -21,6 +27,23 @@ describe CommitRange do
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#to_reference' do
+    let(:project) { double('project', to_reference: 'namespace1/project') }
+
+    before do
+      range.project = project
+    end
+
+    it 'returns a String reference to the object' do
+      expect(range.to_reference).to eq range.to_s
+    end
+
+    it 'supports a cross-project reference' do
+      cross = double('project')
+      expect(range.to_reference(cross)).to eq "#{project.to_reference}@#{range.to_s}"
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#reference_title' do
     it 'returns the correct String for three-dot ranges' do
       expect(range.reference_title).to eq "Commits #{sha_from} through #{sha_to}"

spec/models/commit_spec.rb

 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe Commit do
-  let(:project) { create :project }
-  let(:commit) { project.commit }
+  let(:project) { create(:project) }
+  let(:commit)  { project.commit }
+
+  describe 'modules' do
+    subject { described_class }
+
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Mentionable) }
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Participable) }
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Referable) }
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(StaticModel) }
+  end
+
+  describe '#to_reference' do
+    it 'returns a String reference to the object' do
+      expect(commit.to_reference).to eq commit.id
+    end
+
+    it 'supports a cross-project reference' do
+      cross = double('project')
+      expect(commit.to_reference(cross)).to eq "#{project.to_reference}@#{commit.id}"
+    end
+  end
 
   describe '#title' do
     it "returns no_commit_message when safe_message is blank" do

spec/models/external_issue_spec.rb

+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe ExternalIssue do
+  let(:project) { double('project', to_reference: 'namespace1/project1') }
+  let(:issue)   { described_class.new('EXT-1234', project) }
+
+  describe 'modules' do
+    subject { described_class }
+
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Referable) }
+  end
+
+  describe '#to_reference' do
+    it 'returns a String reference to the object' do
+      expect(issue.to_reference).to eq issue.id
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#title' do
+    it 'returns a title' do
+      expect(issue.title).to eq "External Issue #{issue}"
+    end
+  end
+end

spec/models/group_spec.rb

@@ -18,16 +18,30 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 describe Group do
   let!(:group) { create(:group) }
 
-  describe "Associations" do
+  describe 'associations' do
     it { is_expected.to have_many :projects }
     it { is_expected.to have_many :group_members }
   end
 
-  it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of :name }
-  it { is_expected.to validate_uniqueness_of(:name) }
-  it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of :path }
-  it { is_expected.to validate_uniqueness_of(:path) }
-  it { is_expected.not_to validate_presence_of :owner }
+  describe 'modules' do
+    subject { described_class }
+
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Referable) }
+  end
+
+  describe 'validations' do
+    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of :name }
+    it { is_expected.to validate_uniqueness_of(:name) }
+    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of :path }
+    it { is_expected.to validate_uniqueness_of(:path) }
+    it { is_expected.not_to validate_presence_of :owner }
+  end
+
+  describe '#to_reference' do
+    it 'returns a String reference to the object' do
+      expect(group.to_reference).to eq "@#{group.name}"
+    end
+  end
 
   describe :users do
     it { expect(group.users).to eq(group.owners) }

spec/models/issue_spec.rb

@@ -24,15 +24,30 @@ describe Issue do
     it { is_expected.to belong_to(:milestone) }
   end
 
-  describe "Mass assignment" do
-  end
-
   describe 'modules' do
+    subject { described_class }
+
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(InternalId) }
     it { is_expected.to include_module(Issuable) }
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Referable) }
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Sortable) }
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Taskable) }
   end
 
   subject { create(:issue) }
 
+  describe '#to_reference' do
+    it 'returns a String reference to the object' do
+      expect(subject.to_reference).to eq "##{subject.iid}"
+    end
+
+    it 'supports a cross-project reference' do
+      cross = double('project')
+      expect(subject.to_reference(cross)).
+        to eq "#{subject.project.to_reference}##{subject.iid}"
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#is_being_reassigned?' do
     it 'returns true if the issue assignee has changed' do
       subject.assignee = create(:user)
@@ -45,11 +60,8 @@ describe Issue do
 
   describe '#is_being_reassigned?' do
     it 'returns issues assigned to user' do
-      user = create :user
-
-      2.times do
-        issue = create :issue, assignee: user
-      end
+      user = create(:user)
+      create_list(:issue, 2, assignee: user)
 
       expect(Issue.open_for(user).count).to eq 2
     end

spec/models/label_spec.rb

@@ -14,30 +14,63 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe Label do
   let(:label) { create(:label) }
-  it { expect(label).to be_valid }
 
-  it { is_expected.to belong_to(:project) }
+  describe 'associations' do
+    it { is_expected.to belong_to(:project) }
+    it { is_expected.to have_many(:label_links).dependent(:destroy) }
+    it { is_expected.to have_many(:issues).through(:label_links).source(:target) }
+  end
+
+  describe 'modules' do
+    subject { described_class }
+
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Referable) }
+  end
+
+  describe 'validation' do
+    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:project) }
 
-  describe 'Validation' do
     it 'should validate color code' do
-      expect(build(:label, color: 'G-ITLAB')).not_to be_valid
-      expect(build(:label, color: 'AABBCC')).not_to be_valid
-      expect(build(:label, color: '#AABBCCEE')).not_to be_valid
-      expect(build(:label, color: '#GGHHII')).not_to be_valid
-      expect(build(:label, color: '#')).not_to be_valid
-      expect(build(:label, color: '')).not_to be_valid
-
-      expect(build(:label, color: '#AABBCC')).to be_valid
+      expect(label).not_to allow_value('G-ITLAB').for(:color)
+      expect(label).not_to allow_value('AABBCC').for(:color)
+      expect(label).not_to allow_value('#AABBCCEE').for(:color)
+      expect(label).not_to allow_value('GGHHII').for(:color)
+      expect(label).not_to allow_value('#').for(:color)
+      expect(label).not_to allow_value('').for(:color)
+
+      expect(label).to allow_value('#AABBCC').for(:color)
+      expect(label).to allow_value('#abcdef').for(:color)
     end
 
     it 'should validate title' do
-      expect(build(:label, title: 'G,ITLAB')).not_to be_valid
-      expect(build(:label, title: 'G?ITLAB')).not_to be_valid
-      expect(build(:label, title: 'G&ITLAB')).not_to be_valid
-      expect(build(:label, title: '')).not_to be_valid
+      expect(label).not_to allow_value('G,ITLAB').for(:title)
+      expect(label).not_to allow_value('G?ITLAB').for(:title)
+      expect(label).not_to allow_value('G&ITLAB').for(:title)
+      expect(label).not_to allow_value('').for(:title)
+
+      expect(label).to allow_value('GITLAB').for(:title)
+      expect(label).to allow_value('gitlab').for(:title)
+      expect(label).to allow_value("customer's request").for(:title)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#to_reference' do
+    context 'using id' do
+      it 'returns a String reference to the object' do
+        expect(label.to_reference).to eq "~#{label.id}"
+        expect(label.to_reference(double('project'))).to eq "~#{label.id}"
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'using name' do
+      it 'returns a String reference to the object' do
+        expect(label.to_reference(:name)).to eq %(~"#{label.name}")
+      end
 
-      expect(build(:label, title: 'GITLAB')).to be_valid
-      expect(build(:label, title: 'gitlab')).to be_valid
+      it 'uses id when name contains double quote' do
+        label = create(:label, name: %q{"irony"})
+        expect(label.to_reference(:name)).to eq "~#{label.id}"
+      end
     end
   end
 end

spec/models/merge_request_spec.rb

@@ -24,22 +24,45 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe MergeRequest do
-  describe "Validation" do
-    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:target_branch) }
-    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:source_branch) }
+  subject { create(:merge_request) }
+
+  describe 'associations' do
+    it { is_expected.to belong_to(:target_project).with_foreign_key(:target_project_id).class_name('Project') }
+    it { is_expected.to belong_to(:source_project).with_foreign_key(:source_project_id).class_name('Project') }
+
+    it { is_expected.to have_one(:merge_request_diff).dependent(:destroy) }
   end
 
-  describe "Mass assignment" do
+  describe 'modules' do
+    subject { described_class }
+
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(InternalId) }
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Issuable) }
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Referable) }
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Sortable) }
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Taskable) }
   end
 
-  describe "Respond to" do
+  describe 'validation' do
+    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:target_branch) }
+    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:source_branch) }
+  end
+
+  describe 'respond to' do
     it { is_expected.to respond_to(:unchecked?) }
     it { is_expected.to respond_to(:can_be_merged?) }
     it { is_expected.to respond_to(:cannot_be_merged?) }
   end
 
-  describe 'modules' do
-    it { is_expected.to include_module(Issuable) }
+  describe '#to_reference' do
+    it 'returns a String reference to the object' do
+      expect(subject.to_reference).to eq "!#{subject.iid}"
+    end
+
+    it 'supports a cross-project reference' do
+      cross = double('project')
+      expect(subject.to_reference(cross)).to eq "#{subject.source_project.to_reference}!#{subject.iid}"
+    end
   end
 
   describe "#mr_and_commit_notes" do
@@ -57,8 +80,6 @@ describe MergeRequest do
     end
   end
 
-  subject { create(:merge_request) }
-
   describe '#is_being_reassigned?' do
     it 'returns true if the merge_request assignee has changed' do
       subject.assignee = create(:user)
@@ -108,7 +129,7 @@ describe MergeRequest do
 
     it 'detects issues mentioned in the description' do
       issue2 = create(:issue, project: subject.project)
-      subject.description = "Closes ##{issue2.iid}"
+      subject.description = "Closes #{issue2.to_reference}"
       subject.project.stub(default_branch: subject.target_branch)
 
       expect(subject.closes_issues).to include(issue2)

spec/models/project_spec.rb

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe Project do
-  describe 'Associations' do
+  describe 'associations' do
     it { is_expected.to belong_to(:group) }
     it { is_expected.to belong_to(:namespace) }
     it { is_expected.to belong_to(:creator).class_name('User') }
@@ -54,10 +54,17 @@ describe Project do
     it { is_expected.to have_one(:asana_service).dependent(:destroy) }
   end
 
-  describe 'Mass assignment' do
+  describe 'modules' do
+    subject { described_class }
+
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Gitlab::ConfigHelper) }
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Gitlab::ShellAdapter) }
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Gitlab::VisibilityLevel) }
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Referable) }
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Sortable) }
   end
 
-  describe 'Validation' do
+  describe 'validation' do
     let!(:project) { create(:project) }
 
     it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:name) }
@@ -91,6 +98,14 @@ describe Project do
     it { is_expected.to respond_to(:path_with_namespace) }
   end
 
+  describe '#to_reference' do
+    let(:project) { create(:empty_project) }
+
+    it 'returns a String reference to the object' do
+      expect(project.to_reference).to eq project.path_with_namespace
+    end
+  end
+
   it 'should return valid url to repo' do
     project = Project.new(path: 'somewhere')
     expect(project.url_to_repo).to eq(Gitlab.config.gitlab_shell.ssh_path_prefix + 'somewhere.git')

spec/models/snippet_spec.rb

@@ -18,23 +18,47 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe Snippet do
-  describe "Associations" do
-    it { is_expected.to belong_to(:author).class_name('User') }
-    it { is_expected.to have_many(:notes).dependent(:destroy) }
+  describe 'modules' do
+    subject { described_class }
+
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Gitlab::VisibilityLevel) }
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Linguist::BlobHelper) }
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Participable) }
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Referable) }
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Sortable) }
   end
 
-  describe "Mass assignment" do
+  describe 'associations' do
+    it { is_expected.to belong_to(:author).class_name('User') }
+    it { is_expected.to belong_to(:project) }
+    it { is_expected.to have_many(:notes).dependent(:destroy) }
   end
 
-  describe "Validation" do
+  describe 'validation' do
     it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:author) }
 
     it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:title) }
     it { is_expected.to ensure_length_of(:title).is_within(0..255) }
 
     it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:file_name) }
-    it { is_expected.to ensure_length_of(:title).is_within(0..255) }
+    it { is_expected.to ensure_length_of(:file_name).is_within(0..255) }
 
     it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:content) }
+
+    it { is_expected.to validate_inclusion_of(:visibility_level).in_array(Gitlab::VisibilityLevel.values) }
+  end
+
+  describe '#to_reference' do
+    let(:project) { create(:empty_project) }
+    let(:snippet) { create(:snippet, project: project) }
+
+    it 'returns a String reference to the object' do
+      expect(snippet.to_reference).to eq "$#{snippet.id}"
+    end
+
+    it 'supports a cross-project reference' do
+      cross = double('project')
+      expect(snippet.to_reference(cross)).to eq "#{project.to_reference}$#{snippet.id}"
+    end
   end
 end

spec/models/user_spec.rb

@@ -63,7 +63,17 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 describe User do
   include Gitlab::CurrentSettings
 
-  describe "Associations" do
+  describe 'modules' do
+    subject { described_class }
+
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Gitlab::ConfigHelper) }
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Gitlab::CurrentSettings) }
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Referable) }
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(Sortable) }
+    it { is_expected.to include_module(TokenAuthenticatable) }
+  end
+
+  describe 'associations' do
     it { is_expected.to have_one(:namespace) }
     it { is_expected.to have_many(:snippets).class_name('Snippet').dependent(:destroy) }
     it { is_expected.to have_many(:project_members).dependent(:destroy) }
@@ -79,9 +89,6 @@ describe User do
     it { is_expected.to have_many(:identities).dependent(:destroy) }
   end
 
-  describe "Mass assignment" do
-  end
-
   describe 'validations' do
     it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:username) }
     it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:projects_limit) }
@@ -175,6 +182,14 @@ describe User do
     it { is_expected.to respond_to(:private_token) }
   end
 
+  describe '#to_reference' do
+    let(:user) { create(:user) }
+
+    it 'returns a String reference to the object' do
+      expect(user.to_reference).to eq "@#{user.username}"
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#generate_password' do
     it "should execute callback when force_random_password specified" do
       user = build(:user, force_random_password: true)

spec/services/system_note_service_spec.rb

@@ -259,13 +259,13 @@ describe SystemNoteService do
             let(:mentioner) { project2.repository.commit }
 
             it 'references the mentioning commit' do
-              expect(subject.note).to eq "mentioned in commit #{project2.path_with_namespace}@#{mentioner.id}"
+              expect(subject.note).to eq "mentioned in commit #{mentioner.to_reference(project)}"
             end
           end
 
           context 'from non-Commit' do
             it 'references the mentioning object' do
-              expect(subject.note).to eq "mentioned in issue #{project2.path_with_namespace}##{mentioner.iid}"
+              expect(subject.note).to eq "mentioned in issue #{mentioner.to_reference(project)}"
             end
           end
         end
@@ -275,13 +275,13 @@ describe SystemNoteService do
             let(:mentioner) { project.repository.commit }
 
             it 'references the mentioning commit' do
-              expect(subject.note).to eq "mentioned in commit #{mentioner.id}"
+              expect(subject.note).to eq "mentioned in commit #{mentioner.to_reference}"
             end
           end
 
           context 'from non-Commit' do
             it 'references the mentioning object' do
-              expect(subject.note).to eq "mentioned in issue ##{mentioner.iid}"
+              expect(subject.note).to eq "mentioned in issue #{mentioner.to_reference}"
             end
           end
         end
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ describe SystemNoteService do
 
   describe '.cross_reference?' do
     it 'is truthy when text begins with expected text' do
-      expect(described_class.cross_reference?('mentioned in issue #1')).to be_truthy
+      expect(described_class.cross_reference?('mentioned in something')).to be_truthy
     end
 
     it 'is falsey when text does not begin with expected text' do

spec/support/mentionable_shared_examples.rb

@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ def common_mentionable_setup
 
   let(:mentioned_issue)  { create(:issue, project: project) }
   let(:mentioned_mr)     { create(:merge_request, :simple, source_project: project) }
-  let(:mentioned_commit) { project.repository.commit }
+  let(:mentioned_commit) { project.commit }
 
   let(:ext_proj)   { create(:project, :public) }
   let(:ext_issue)  { create(:issue, project: ext_proj) }
   let(:ext_mr)     { create(:merge_request, :simple, source_project: ext_proj) }
-  let(:ext_commit) { ext_proj.repository.commit }
+  let(:ext_commit) { ext_proj.commit }
 
   # Override to add known commits to the repository stub.
   let(:extra_commits) { [] }
@@ -23,21 +23,19 @@ def common_mentionable_setup
   # A string that mentions each of the +mentioned_.*+ objects above. Mentionables should add a self-reference
   # to this string and place it in their +mentionable_text+.
   let(:ref_string) do
-    cross = ext_proj.path_with_namespace
-
     <<-MSG.strip_heredoc
       These references are new:
-        Issue:  ##{mentioned_issue.iid}
-        Merge:  !#{mentioned_mr.iid}
-        Commit: #{mentioned_commit.id}
+        Issue:  #{mentioned_issue.to_reference}
+        Merge:  #{mentioned_mr.to_reference}
+        Commit: #{mentioned_commit.to_reference}
 
       This reference is a repeat and should only be mentioned once:
-        Repeat: ##{mentioned_issue.iid}
+        Repeat: #{mentioned_issue.to_reference}
 
       These references are cross-referenced:
-        Issue:  #{cross}##{ext_issue.iid}
-        Merge:  #{cross}!#{ext_mr.iid}
-        Commit: #{cross}@#{ext_commit.short_id}
+        Issue:  #{ext_issue.to_reference(project)}
+        Merge:  #{ext_mr.to_reference(project)}
+        Commit: #{ext_commit.to_reference(project)}
 
       This is a self-reference and should not be mentioned at all:
         Self: #{backref_text}
@@ -109,19 +107,17 @@ shared_examples 'an editable mentionable' do
   it 'creates new cross-reference notes when the mentionable text is edited' do
     subject.save
 
-    cross = ext_proj.path_with_namespace
-
     new_text = <<-MSG
       These references already existed:
-        Issue:  ##{mentioned_issue.iid}
-        Commit: #{mentioned_commit.id}
+        Issue:  #{mentioned_issue.to_reference}
+        Commit: #{mentioned_commit.to_reference}
 
       This cross-project reference already existed:
-        Issue:  #{cross}##{ext_issue.iid}
+        Issue:  #{ext_issue.to_reference(project)}
 
       These two references are introduced in an edit:
-        Issue: ##{new_issues[0].iid}
-        Cross: #{cross}##{new_issues[1].iid}
+        Issue: #{new_issues[0].to_reference}
+        Cross: #{new_issues[1].to_reference(project)}
     MSG
 
     # These three objects were already referenced, and should not receive new

spec/support/reference_filter_spec_helper.rb

@@ -10,6 +10,26 @@ module ReferenceFilterSpecHelper
     Rails.application.routes.url_helpers
   end
 
+  # Modify a String reference to make it invalid
+  #
+  # Commit SHAs get reversed, IDs get incremented by 1, all other Strings get
+  # their word characters reversed.
+  #
+  # reference - String reference to modify
+  #
+  # Returns a String
+  def invalidate_reference(reference)
+    if reference =~ /\A(.+)?.\d+\z/
+      # Integer-based reference with optional project prefix
+      reference.gsub(/\d+\z/) { |i| i.to_i + 1 }
+    elsif reference =~ /\A(.+@)?(\h{6,40}\z)/
+      # SHA-based reference with optional prefix
+      reference.gsub(/\h{6,40}\z/) { |v| v.reverse }
+    else
+      reference.gsub(/\w+\z/) { |v| v.reverse }
+    end
+  end
+
   # Perform `call` on the described class
   #
   # Automatically passes the current `project` value to the context if none is