Redmine

Currently the default assignee is set only after validations. This means that when the field is required the default assignee does not work.

The following patch changes setting the default assignee to before the validation:

diff --git a/app/models/issue.rb b/app/models/issue.rb
index 7d411fc94..a5ebfbffa 100644
--- a/app/models/issue.rb
+++ b/app/models/issue.rb
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ class Issue < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
   }

+  before_validation :default_assign, on: :create
   before_validation :clear_disabled_fields
-  before_create :default_assign
   before_save :close_duplicates, :update_done_ratio_from_issue_status,
               :force_updated_on_change, :update_closed_on, :set_assigned_to_was
   after_save {|issue| issue.send :after_project_change if !issue.id_changed? && issue.project_id_changed?}