Merge branch '5048-ml-minor-refactoring-from-code-review' into 'master'

Minor refactoring from code review

Closes #5048

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!35563

qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/merge_request/squash_merge_request_spec.rb

@@ -34,13 +34,9 @@ module QA
           merge_request_page.mark_to_squash
           merge_request_page.merge!
 
-          merge_request.project.visit!
-
           Git::Repository.perform do |repository|
-            repository.uri = merge_request.project.repository_http_location.uri
-
+            repository.uri = project.repository_http_location.uri
             repository.use_default_credentials
-
             repository.clone
 
             expect(repository.commits.size).to eq 3