require 'securerandom' # Compare 2 branches for one repo or between repositories # and return Gitlab::CompareResult object that responds to commits and diffs class CompareService def execute(source_project, source_branch, target_project, target_branch, diff_options = {}) 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::CompareResult.new( Gitlab::Git::Compare.new( target_project.repository.raw_repository, target_branch, source_sha, ), diff_options ) end end