1 files changed, 21 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/app/services/compare_service.rb b/app/services/compare_service.rb
index 6aa9df4b194..70f642baaaa 100644
--- a/app/services/compare_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/compare_service.rb
@@ -1,27 +1,28 @@
+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(current_user, source_project, source_branch, target_project, target_branch)
-    # Try to compare branches to get commits list and diffs
-    #
-    # Note: Use satellite only when need to compare between two repos
-    # because satellites are slower than operations on bare repo
-    if target_project == source_project
-      Gitlab::CompareResult.new(
-        Gitlab::Git::Compare.new(
-          target_project.repository.raw_repository,
-          target_branch,
-          source_branch,
-        )
+  def execute(source_project, source_branch, target_project, target_branch)
+    source_sha = source_project.commit(source_branch).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"
       )
-    else
-      Gitlab::Satellite::CompareAction.new(
-        current_user,
-        target_project,
-        target_branch,
-        source_project,
-        source_branch
-      ).result
     end
+
+    Gitlab::CompareResult.new(
+      Gitlab::Git::Compare.new(
+        target_project.repository.raw_repository,
+        target_branch,
+        source_sha,
+      )
+    )
   end
 end