1 files changed, 29 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/url_utility.js b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/url_utility.js
index 85740117c00..08c98298121 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/url_utility.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/lib/utils/url_utility.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export const PROMO_HOST = `about.${DOMAIN}`; // about.gitlab.com
 // About Gitlab default url
 export const PROMO_URL = `https://${PROMO_HOST}`;
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
 export const DOCS_URL_IN_EE_DIR = `${DOCS_URL}/ee`;
 
 // Reset the cursor in a Regex so that multiple uses before a recompile don't fail
@@ -686,11 +687,23 @@ export function redirectTo(url) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Navigates to a URL
- * @param {*} url - url to navigate to
+ * Navigates to a URL.
+ *
+ * If destination is a querystring, it will be automatically transformed into a fully qualified URL.
+ * If the URL is not a safe URL (see isSafeURL implementation), this function will log an exception into Sentry.
+ *
+ * @param {*} destination - url to navigate to. This can be a fully qualified URL or a querystring.
  * @param {*} external - if true, open a new page or tab
  */
-export function visitUrl(url, external = false) {
+export function visitUrl(destination, external = false) {
+  let url = destination;
+
+  if (destination.startsWith('?')) {
+    const currentUrl = new URL(window.location.href);
+    currentUrl.search = destination;
+    url = currentUrl.toString();
+  }
+
   if (!isSafeURL(url)) {
     // For now log this to Sentry and do not block the execution.
     // See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/121551#note_1408873600
@@ -713,3 +726,16 @@ export function visitUrl(url, external = false) {
 export function refreshCurrentPage() {
   visitUrl(window.location.href);
 }
+
+// Adds a ref_type param to the path if refType is available
+export function buildURLwithRefType({ base = window.location.origin, path, refType = null }) {
+  const url = new URL('', base);
+  url.pathname = path; // This assignment does proper _escapes_
+
+  if (refType) {
+    url.searchParams.set('ref_type', refType.toLowerCase());
+  } else {
+    url.searchParams.delete('ref_type');
+  }
+  return url.pathname + url.search;
+}