1 files changed, 7 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/app/models/merge_request.rb b/app/models/merge_request.rb
index 2eec013fa9d..356af776b8d 100644
--- a/app/models/merge_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/merge_request.rb
@@ -245,19 +245,6 @@ class MergeRequest < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
   end
 
-  # MRs created before 8.4 don't store a MergeRequestDiff#base_commit_sha,
-  # but we need to get a commit for the "View file @ ..." link by deleted files,
-  # so we find the likely one if we can't get the actual one.
-  # This will not be the actual base commit if the target branch was merged into
-  # the source branch after the merge request was created, but it is good enough
-  # for the specific purpose of linking to a commit.
-  # It is not good enough for use in `Gitlab::Git::DiffRefs`, which needs the
-  # true base commit, so we can't simply have `#diff_base_commit` fall back on
-  # this method.
-  def likely_diff_base_commit
-    first_commit.try(:parent) || first_commit
-  end
-
   def diff_start_commit
     if persisted?
       merge_request_diff.start_commit
@@ -322,21 +309,14 @@ class MergeRequest < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def diff_refs
-    return unless diff_start_commit || diff_base_commit
-
-    Gitlab::Diff::DiffRefs.new(
-      base_sha:  diff_base_sha,
-      start_sha: diff_start_sha,
-      head_sha:  diff_head_sha
-    )
-  end
-
-  # Return diff_refs instance trying to not touch the git repository
-  def diff_sha_refs
-    if merge_request_diff && merge_request_diff.diff_refs_by_sha?
+    if persisted?
       merge_request_diff.diff_refs
     else
-      diff_refs
+      Gitlab::Diff::DiffRefs.new(
+        base_sha:  diff_base_sha,
+        start_sha: diff_start_sha,
+        head_sha:  diff_head_sha
+      )
     end
   end
 
@@ -870,7 +850,7 @@ class MergeRequest < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def has_complete_diff_refs?
-    diff_sha_refs && diff_sha_refs.complete?
+    diff_refs && diff_refs.complete?
   end
 
   def update_diff_notes_positions(old_diff_refs:, new_diff_refs:, current_user: nil)