gitlab-org--gitlab-foss/app/services/compare_service.rb

require 'securerandom'

# Compare 2 branches for one repo or between repositories
# and return Gitlab::Git::Compare object that responds to commits and diffs
class CompareService
  def execute(source_project, source_branch, target_project, target_branch)
    source_commit = source_project.commit(source_branch)
    return unless source_commit

    source_sha = source_commit.sha

    # If compare with other project we need to fetch ref first
    unless target_project == source_project
      random_string = SecureRandom.hex

      target_project.repository.fetch_ref(
        source_project.repository.path_to_repo,
        "refs/heads/#{source_branch}",
        "refs/tmp/#{random_string}/head"
      )
    end

    Gitlab::Git::Compare.new(
      target_project.repository.raw_repository,
      target_branch,
      source_sha,
    )
  end
end