Passing an argument to force an association to reload is now deprecated

app/models/merge_request.rb

@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ class MergeRequest < ActiveRecord::Base
   # is the inverse of MergeRequest#merge_request_diff, which means it may not be
   # the latest diff, because we could have loaded any diff from this particular
   # MR. If we haven't already loaded a diff, then it's fine to load the latest.
-  def merge_request_diff(*args)
-    fallback = latest_merge_request_diff if args.empty? && !association(:merge_request_diff).loaded?
+  def merge_request_diff
+    fallback = latest_merge_request_diff unless association(:merge_request_diff).loaded?
 
     fallback || super
   end
@@ -620,10 +620,6 @@ class MergeRequest < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
   end
 
-  def reload_merge_request_diff
-    merge_request_diff(true)
-  end
-
   def viewable_diffs
     @viewable_diffs ||= merge_request_diffs.viewable.to_a
   end

changelogs/unreleased/force-reload-arguments-2.yml

+---
+title: Passing an argument to force an association to reload is now deprecated
+merge_request: 23894
+author: Jasper Maes
+type: other

spec/models/merge_request_spec.rb

@@ -2092,7 +2092,7 @@ describe MergeRequest do
           head_commit_sha: commit.sha
         )
 
-        subject.merge_request_diff(true)
+        subject.reload_merge_request_diff
       end
     end