1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/app/models/external_issue.rb b/app/models/external_issue.rb
index 6fda4a2ab77..49f6c95e045 100644
--- a/app/models/external_issue.rb
+++ b/app/models/external_issue.rb
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ class ExternalIssue
     @issue_identifier.to_s
   end
 
-  def to_reference(_from_project = nil)
-    id
-  end
-
   def id
     @issue_identifier.to_s
   end
@@ -32,4 +28,13 @@ class ExternalIssue
   def project
     @project
   end
+
+  # Pattern used to extract `JIRA-123` issue references from text
+  def self.reference_pattern
+    %r{(?<issue>([A-Z\-]+-)\d+)}
+  end
+
+  def to_reference(_from_project = nil)
+    id
+  end
 end