Merge branch '7532-allow-self-approvals-even-when-not-in-approvers-list' into 'master'

Allow self-approvals in fallback approval rules

Closes #7532

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ee!10218

ee/app/models/approval_state.rb

@@ -133,15 +133,17 @@ class ApprovalState
 
   def can_approve?(user)
     return false unless user
-    # The check below considers authors being able to approve the MR.
-    # That is, they're included/excluded from that list accordingly.
     return true if unactioned_approvers.include?(user)
-    # We can safely unauthorize author and committers if it reaches this guard clause.
-    return false if merge_request.author == user
-    return false if merge_request.committers.include?(user)
+    return false unless any_approver_allowed?
     return false unless user.can?(:update_merge_request, merge_request)
+    # Users can only approve once.
+    return false if approvals.where(user: user).any?
+    # At this point, follow self-approval rules. Otherwise authors must
+    # have been in the list of unactioned_approvers to have been approved.
+    return committers_can_approve? if merge_request.committers.include?(user)
+    return authors_can_approve? if merge_request.author == user
 
-    any_approver_allowed? && merge_request.approvals.where(user: user).empty?
+    true
   end
 
   def has_approved?(user)
@@ -154,6 +156,10 @@ class ApprovalState
     project.merge_requests_author_approval?
   end
 
+  def committers_can_approve?
+    !project.merge_requests_disable_committers_approval?
+  end
+
   # TODO: remove after #1979 is closed
   # This is a temporary method for backward compatibility
   # before introduction of approval rules.

ee/changelogs/unreleased/7532-allow-self-approvals-even-when-not-in-approvers-list.yml

+---
+title: Allow self-approvals in fallback approval rules
+merge_request: 10218
+author:
+type: changed

ee/spec/models/approvable_for_rule_spec.rb

@@ -43,26 +43,36 @@ describe ApprovableForRule do
     end
 
     context 'when the user is the author' do
-      context 'and user is an approver' do
+      context 'and author is an approver' do
         before do
           create(:approver, target: merge_request, user: author)
         end
 
-        it 'return true when authors can approve' do
-          project.update(merge_requests_author_approval: true)
+        it 'returns true when authors can approve' do
+          project.update!(merge_requests_author_approval: true)
 
           expect(merge_request.can_approve?(author)).to be true
         end
 
-        it 'return false when authors cannot approve' do
-          project.update(merge_requests_author_approval: false)
+        it 'returns false when authors cannot approve' do
+          project.update!(merge_requests_author_approval: false)
 
           expect(merge_request.can_approve?(author)).to be false
         end
       end
 
-      it 'returns false when user is not an approver' do
-        expect(merge_request.can_approve?(author)).to be false
+      context 'and author is not an approver' do
+        it 'returns true when authors can approve' do
+          project.update!(merge_requests_author_approval: true)
+
+          expect(merge_request.can_approve?(author)).to be true
+        end
+
+        it 'returns false when authors cannot approve' do
+          project.update!(merge_requests_author_approval: false)
+
+          expect(merge_request.can_approve?(author)).to be false
+        end
       end
     end
 
@@ -73,26 +83,36 @@ describe ApprovableForRule do
         project.add_developer(user)
       end
 
-      context 'and user is an approver' do
+      context 'and committer is an approver' do
         before do
           create(:approver, target: merge_request, user: user)
         end
 
         it 'return true when committers can approve' do
-          project.update(merge_requests_disable_committers_approval: false)
+          project.update!(merge_requests_disable_committers_approval: false)
 
           expect(merge_request.can_approve?(user)).to be true
         end
 
         it 'return false when committers cannot approve' do
-          project.update(merge_requests_disable_committers_approval: true)
+          project.update!(merge_requests_disable_committers_approval: true)
 
           expect(merge_request.can_approve?(user)).to be false
         end
       end
 
-      it 'returns false when user is not an approver' do
-        expect(merge_request.can_approve?(user)).to be false
+      context 'and committer is not an approver' do
+        it 'return true when committers can approve' do
+          project.update!(merge_requests_disable_committers_approval: false)
+
+          expect(merge_request.can_approve?(user)).to be true
+        end
+
+        it 'return false when committers cannot approve' do
+          project.update!(merge_requests_disable_committers_approval: true)
+
+          expect(merge_request.can_approve?(user)).to be false
+        end
       end
     end
 
@@ -105,7 +125,7 @@ describe ApprovableForRule do
 
     context 'when approvals are required' do
       before do
-        project.update(approvals_before_merge: 1)
+        project.update!(approvals_before_merge: 1)
       end
 
       it 'returns true when approvals are still accepted and user still has not approved' do