Make new issue, merge request and epic email have the same format

app/mailers/previews/notify_preview.rb

@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ class NotifyPreview < ActionMailer::Preview
     Notify.issues_csv_email(user, project, '1997,Ford,E350', { truncated: false, rows_expected: 3, rows_written: 3 }).message
   end
 
+  def new_issue_email
+    Notify.new_issue_email(user.id, issue.id).message
+  end
+
   def new_merge_request_email
     Notify.new_merge_request_email(user.id, merge_request.id).message
   end
@@ -200,7 +204,7 @@ class NotifyPreview < ActionMailer::Preview
   end
 
   def issue
-    @merge_request ||= project.issues.first
+    @issue ||= project.issues.first
   end
 
   def merge_request

app/views/notify/new_issue_email.html.haml

 %p.details
-  #{link_to @issue.author_name, user_url(@issue.author)} created an issue #{issue_reference_link(@issue)}:
+  = html_escape(_('%{user} created an issue: %{issue_link}')) % { user: link_to(@issue.author_name, user_url(@issue.author)),
+                                                                  issue_link: issue_reference_link(@issue) }
 
 - if @issue.assignees.any?
   %p

app/views/notify/new_issue_email.text.erb

-<%= sanitize_name(@issue.author_name) %> <%= 'created an issue:' %> <%= url_for(project_issue_url(@issue.project, @issue)) %>
+<%= _('%{user} created an issue: %{issue_link}') % { user: sanitize_name(@issue.author_name),
+                                                     issue_link: url_for(project_issue_url(@issue.project, @issue)) } %>
 
 <%= assignees_label(@issue) if @issue.assignees.any? %>
 

app/views/notify/new_merge_request_email.html.haml

 %p.details
-  = html_escape(_('%{userLinkStart}%{user}%{linkEnd} created a %{mrLinkStart}merge request%{linkEnd}:')) % {userLinkStart: "<a href=\"#{user_url(@merge_request.author)}\">".html_safe,
-                                                                                                            user: @merge_request.author_name,
-                                                                                                            mrLinkStart: "<a href=\"#{@target_url}\">".html_safe,
-                                                                                                            linkEnd: '</a>'.html_safe}
+  = html_escape(_('%{user} created a merge request: %{mr_link}')) % { user: link_to(@merge_request.author_name, user_url(@merge_request.author)),
+                                                                      mr_link: merge_request_reference_link(@merge_request) }
 
 %p
   .branch

app/views/notify/new_merge_request_email.text.erb

-<%= sanitize_name(@merge_request.author_name) %> <%= 'created a merge request:' %> <%= url_for(project_merge_request_url(@merge_request.target_project, @merge_request)) %>
+<%= _('%{user} created a merge request: %{mr_link}') % { user: sanitize_name(@merge_request.author_name),
+                                                         mr_link: url_for(project_merge_request_url(@merge_request.target_project, @merge_request)) }
+%>
 
 <%= merge_path_description(@merge_request, 'to') %>
-<%= 'Author:' %>    <%= @merge_request.author_name %>
+<%= "#{_('Author')}:   #{sanitize_name(@merge_request.author_name)}" %>
 <%= assignees_label(@merge_request) if @merge_request.assignees.any? %>
 <%= reviewers_label(@merge_request) if @merge_request.reviewers.any? %>
 <%= render_if_exists 'notify/merge_request_approvers', presenter: @mr_presenter %>

changelogs/unreleased/328338-inconsistent-initial-line-in-merge-request-and-issue-creation-emai.yml

+---
+title: Make new issue, merge request, and epic emails more consistent
+merge_request: 59718
+author:
+type: changed

ee/app/mailers/ee/preview/notify_preview.rb

@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ module EE
         def new_group_member_with_confirmation_email
           ::Notify.provisioned_member_access_granted_email(member.id).message
         end
+
+        def new_epic_email
+          ::Notify.new_epic_email(user.id, epic.id).message
+        end
       end
 
       private
@@ -61,6 +65,10 @@ module EE
       def approver
         @user ||= ::User.first
       end
+
+      def epic
+        @epic ||= project.group.epics.first
+      end
     end
   end
 end

ee/app/views/notify/new_epic_email.html.haml

 %p.details
-  #{link_to @epic.author_name, user_url(@epic.author)} created an epic:
+  = html_escape(_('%{user} created an epic: %{epic_link}')) % { user: link_to(@epic.author_name, user_url(@epic.author)),
+                                                                epic_link: link_to(@epic.to_reference, group_epic_url(@epic.group, @epic)) }
 
 - if @epic.assignee
   %p

ee/app/views/notify/new_epic_email.text.erb

-<%= sanitize_name(@epic.author_name) %> created an epic:
+<%= _('%{user} created an epic: %{epic_link}') % { user: sanitize_name(@epic.author_name),
+                                                   epic_link: url_for(group_epic_url(@epic.group, @epic)) }
+%>
 
-<% if @epic.assignee %>
-  <%= assignees_label(@issue) %>
-<% end %>
+<%= assignees_label(@epic) if @epic.assignee %>
 
-<% if @epic.description -%>
- <%= @epic.description %>
-<% end %>
+<%= @epic.description if @epic.description %>

ee/spec/mailers/notify_spec.rb

@@ -246,6 +246,16 @@ RSpec.describe Notify do
           end
         end
 
+        it 'contains a link to epic author' do
+          is_expected.to have_body_text(epic.author_name)
+          is_expected.to have_body_text 'created an epic:'
+          is_expected.to have_link(epic.to_reference, href: group_epic_url(group, epic))
+        end
+
+        it 'contains a link to the epic' do
+          is_expected.to have_body_text(epic.to_reference)
+        end
+
         context 'got deleted before notification' do
           subject { described_class.new_epic_email(recipient.id, 0) }
 

locale/gitlab.pot

@@ -958,9 +958,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "%{usage_ping_link_start}Learn more%{usage_ping_link_end} about what information is shared with GitLab Inc."
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "%{userLinkStart}%{user}%{linkEnd} created a %{mrLinkStart}merge request%{linkEnd}:"
-msgstr ""
-
 msgid "%{userName} (cannot merge)"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -976,6 +973,15 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "%{username}'s avatar"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "%{user} created a merge request: %{mr_link}"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "%{user} created an epic: %{epic_link}"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "%{user} created an issue: %{issue_link}"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "%{value} s"
 msgstr ""
 

spec/mailers/notify_spec.rb

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ RSpec.describe Notify do
 
         it 'contains a link to issue author' do
           is_expected.to have_body_text(issue.author_name)
-          is_expected.to have_body_text 'created an issue'
+          is_expected.to have_body_text 'created an issue:'
           is_expected.to have_link(issue.to_reference, href: project_issue_url(issue.project, issue))
         end
 
@@ -356,11 +356,11 @@ RSpec.describe Notify do
 
         it 'contains a link to merge request author' do
           is_expected.to have_body_text merge_request.author_name
-          is_expected.to have_body_text 'created a'
+          is_expected.to have_body_text 'created a merge request:'
         end
 
         it 'contains a link to the merge request url' do
-          is_expected.to have_link('merge request', href: project_merge_request_url(merge_request.target_project, merge_request))
+          is_expected.to have_link(merge_request.to_reference, href: project_merge_request_url(merge_request.target_project, merge_request))
         end
       end