Append URL issue description to template

Changelog: changed

app/assets/javascripts/blob/template_selector.js

@@ -78,7 +78,12 @@ export default class TemplateSelector {
   setEditorContent(file, { skipFocus } = {}) {
     if (!file) return;
 
-    const newValue = file.content;
+    let newValue = file.content;
+
+    const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+    if (urlParams.has('issue[description]')) {
+      newValue += `\n${urlParams.get('issue[description]')}`;
+    }
 
     this.editor.setValue(newValue, 1);
 

doc/user/project/issues/managing_issues.md

@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ To regenerate the email address:
 
 ### Using a URL with prefilled values
 
+> Ability to use both `issuable_template` and `issue[description]` in the same URL [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/340529) in GitLab 14.8.
+
 To link directly to the new issue page with prefilled fields, use query
 string parameters in a URL. You can embed a URL in an external
 HTML page to create issues with certain fields prefilled.
@@ -168,8 +170,8 @@ HTML page to create issues with certain fields prefilled.
 | -------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | Title                | `issue[title]`        | Must be [URL-encoded](../../../api/index.md#namespaced-path-encoding).                                                          |
 | Issue type           | `issue[issue_type]`   | Either `incident` or `issue`.                                                                                                   |
-| Description template | `issuable_template`   | Cannot be used at the same time as `issue[description]`. Must be [URL-encoded](../../../api/index.md#namespaced-path-encoding). |
-| Description          | `issue[description]`  | Cannot be used at the same time as `issuable_template`. Must be [URL-encoded](../../../api/index.md#namespaced-path-encoding).  |
+| Description template | `issuable_template`   | Must be [URL-encoded](../../../api/index.md#namespaced-path-encoding).                                                          |
+| Description          | `issue[description]`  | Must be [URL-encoded](../../../api/index.md#namespaced-path-encoding). If used in combination with `issuable_template` or a [default issue template](../description_templates.md#set-a-default-template-for-merge-requests-and-issues), the `issue[description]` value is appended to the template. |
 | Confidential         | `issue[confidential]` | If `true`, the issue is marked as confidential.                                                                                 |
 
 Adapt these examples to form your new issue URL with prefilled fields.

ee/app/services/ee/issues/build_service.rb

@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ module EE
       def issue_params_from_template
         return {} unless project.feature_available?(:issuable_default_templates)
 
-        { description: project.issues_template }
+        if project.issues_template.present? && params.include?(:description)
+          { description: project.issues_template + "\n" + params.delete(:description) }
+        else
+          { description: project.issues_template }
+        end
       end
 
       # Issue params can be built from 3 types of passed params,

ee/spec/services/issues/build_service_spec.rb

@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ RSpec.describe Issues::BuildService do
 
         expect(issue.description).to eq('Work hard, play hard!')
       end
+
+      it 'fills in the template, followed by the query parameter, in the description' do
+        issue = build_issue(description: 'Travailler dur, jouer dur!')
+
+        expect(issue.description).to eq("Work hard, play hard!\nTravailler dur, jouer dur!")
+      end
     end
   end
 

spec/features/issues/form_spec.rb

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 RSpec.describe 'New/edit issue', :js do
   include ActionView::Helpers::JavaScriptHelper
 
-  let_it_be(:project)   { create(:project) }
+  let_it_be(:project)   { create(:project, :repository) }
   let_it_be(:user)      { create(:user) }
   let_it_be(:user2)     { create(:user) }
   let_it_be(:milestone) { create(:milestone, project: project) }
@@ -310,6 +310,53 @@ RSpec.describe 'New/edit issue', :js do
     end
   end
 
+  describe 'new issue with query parameters' do
+    before do
+      project.repository.create_file(
+        current_user,
+        '.gitlab/issue_templates/test_template.md',
+        'description from template',
+        message: 'Add test_template.md',
+        branch_name: project.default_branch_or_main
+      )
+    end
+
+    after do
+      project.repository.delete_file(
+        current_user,
+        '.gitlab/issue_templates/test_template.md',
+        message: 'Remove test_template.md',
+        branch_name: project.default_branch_or_main
+      )
+    end
+
+    it 'leaves the description blank if no query parameters are specified' do
+      visit new_project_issue_path(project)
+
+      expect(find('#issue_description').value).to be_empty
+    end
+
+    it 'fills the description from the issue[description] query parameter' do
+      visit new_project_issue_path(project, issue: { description: 'description from query parameter' })
+
+      expect(find('#issue_description').value).to match('description from query parameter')
+    end
+
+    it 'fills the description from the issuable_template query parameter' do
+      visit new_project_issue_path(project, issuable_template: 'test_template')
+      wait_for_requests
+
+      expect(find('#issue_description').value).to match('description from template')
+    end
+
+    it 'fills the description from the issuable_template and issue[description] query parameters' do
+      visit new_project_issue_path(project, issuable_template: 'test_template', issue: { description: 'description from query parameter' })
+      wait_for_requests
+
+      expect(find('#issue_description').value).to match('description from template\ndescription from query parameter')
+    end
+  end
+
   describe 'edit issue' do
     before do
       visit edit_project_issue_path(project, issue)