Resolve "Automatically created MR uses wrong target branch (when branching from Tag)"

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/spec/services/merge_requests/create_from_issue_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/merge_requests/create_from_issue_service_spec.rb
index 38d84cf0ceb..b1882df732d 100644
--- a/spec/services/merge_requests/create_from_issue_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/merge_requests/create_from_issue_service_spec.rb
@@ -125,9 +125,14 @@ describe MergeRequests::CreateFromIssueService do
       end
 
       context 'when ref branch does not exist' do
-        it 'does not create a merge request' do
-          expect { described_class.new(project, user, issue_iid: issue.iid, ref: 'nobr').execute }
-            .not_to change { project.merge_requests.count }
+        subject { described_class.new(project, user, issue_iid: issue.iid, ref: 'no-such-branch').execute }
+
+        it 'creates a merge request' do
+          expect { subject }.to change(project.merge_requests, :count).by(1)
+        end
+
+        it 'sets the merge request target branch to the project default branch' do
+          expect(subject[:merge_request].target_branch).to eq(project.default_branch)
         end
       end
     end