Add link component to user avatar link component

app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/components/user_avatar/user_avatar_link.vue

@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@
 
 */
 
+import { Link } from '@gitlab-org/gitlab-ui';
 import userAvatarImage from './user_avatar_image.vue';
 import tooltip from '../../directives/tooltip';
 
 export default {
   name: 'UserAvatarLink',
   components: {
+    'gl-link': Link,
     userAvatarImage,
   },
   directives: {
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ export default {
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <a
+  <gl-link
     :href="linkHref"
     class="user-avatar-link">
     <user-avatar-image
@@ -99,5 +101,5 @@ export default {
       :title="tooltipText"
       :tooltip-placement="tooltipPlacement"
     >{{ username }}</span>
-  </a>
+  </gl-link>
 </template>

changelogs/unreleased/add-gl-link-to-user-avatar-link.yml

+---
+title: Add link component to UserAvatarLink component
+merge_request: 21986
+author: George Tsiolis
+type: other