Moved meta information into an issuable helper method

app/helpers/issuables_helper.rb

@@ -55,6 +55,17 @@ module IssuablesHelper
     h(milestone_title.presence || default_label)
   end
 
+  def issuable_meta(issuable, project, text)
+    output = content_tag :strong, "#{text} #{issuable.to_reference}", class: "identifier"
+    output << " opened "
+    output << time_ago_with_tooltip(issuable.created_at)
+    output << " by "
+    output << content_tag(:strong) do
+      author_output = link_to_member(project, issuable.author, size: 24, mobile_classes: "hidden-xs")
+      author_output << link_to_member(project, issuable.author, size: 24, by_username: true, avatar: false, mobile_classes: "hidden-sm hidden-md hidden-lg")
+    end
+  end
+
   private
 
   def sidebar_gutter_collapsed?

app/views/projects/issues/show.html.haml

@@ -18,14 +18,7 @@
 
     .issuable-meta
       = confidential_icon(@issue)
-      %strong.identifier
-        Issue #{@issue.to_reference}
-      opened
-      = time_ago_with_tooltip(@issue.created_at)
-      by
-      %strong
-        = link_to_member(@project, @issue.author, size: 24, mobile_classes: "hidden-xs")
-        = link_to_member(@project, @issue.author, size: 24, by_username: true, avatar: false, mobile_classes: "hidden-sm hidden-md hidden-lg")
+      = issuable_meta(@issue, @project, "Issue")
 
   .issuable-actions
     .clearfix.issue-btn-group.dropdown

app/views/projects/merge_requests/show/_mr_title.html.haml

@@ -7,16 +7,9 @@
 
     %a.btn.btn-default.pull-right.visible-xs-block.gutter-toggle.issuable-gutter-toggle.js-sidebar-toggle{ href: "#" }
       = icon('angle-double-left')
-      
+
     .issuable-meta
-      %strong.identifier
-        Merge Request #{@merge_request.to_reference}
-      opened
-      = time_ago_with_tooltip(@merge_request.created_at)
-      by
-      %strong
-        = link_to_member(@project, @merge_request.author, size: 24, mobile_classes: "hidden-xs")
-        = link_to_member(@project, @merge_request.author, size: 24, mobile_classes: "hidden-sm hidden-md hidden-lg", by_username: true, avatar: false)
+      = issuable_meta(@merge_request, @project, "Merge Request")
 
   - if can?(current_user, :update_merge_request, @merge_request)
     .issuable-actions