Align badge with avatar in MR List

Issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/259060

app/assets/stylesheets/pages/merge_requests.scss

@@ -471,12 +471,6 @@ $mr-widget-min-height: 69px;
       flex: 1;
     }
 
-    .issuable-meta {
-      .author-link {
-        display: inline-block;
-      }
-    }
-
     .merge-request-title {
       margin-bottom: 2px;
 

app/views/projects/merge_requests/_merge_request.html.haml

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
             = link_to merge_request_path(merge_request), class: "has-tooltip", title: _('Cannot be merged automatically') do
               = sprite_icon('warning-solid')
         - if merge_request.assignees.any?
-          %li.gl-display-flex
+          %li.gl-display-flex.gl-align-items-center
             = render 'shared/issuable/assignees', project: merge_request.project, issuable: merge_request
         - if Feature.enabled?(:merge_request_reviewers, @project) && merge_request.reviewers.any?
           %li.gl-display-flex.issuable-reviewers

changelogs/unreleased/259060-align-badge-in-mr-list.yml

+---
+title: Align badge with avatar in MR List
+merge_request: 44671
+author:
+type: fixed