use a magic default :global symbol instead of nil

to make sure we mean the global permissions

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/api/helpers.rb b/lib/api/helpers.rb
index a9b364da9e1..e5f5de2af57 100644
--- a/lib/api/helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/api/helpers.rb
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ module API
       forbidden! unless current_user.is_admin?
     end
 
-    def authorize!(action, subject = nil)
+    def authorize!(action, subject = :global)
       forbidden! unless can?(current_user, action, subject)
     end
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ module API
       end
     end
 
-    def can?(object, action, subject)
+    def can?(object, action, subject = :global)
       Ability.allowed?(object, action, subject)
     end