2 files changed, 13 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/git_http_client_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/git_http_client_controller.rb
index 9a1bf037a95..4d897db5906 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/git_http_client_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/git_http_client_controller.rb
@@ -75,13 +75,16 @@ class Projects::GitHttpClientController < Projects::ApplicationController
   def project
     return @project if defined?(@project)
 
+    @project = Project.find_by_full_path(requested_path, follow_redirects: true)
+  end
+
+  def redirected_path
+    requested_path if project.full_path != requested_path
+  end
+
+  def requested_path
     project_id, _ = project_id_with_suffix
-    @project =
-      if project_id.blank?
-        nil
-      else
-        Project.find_by_full_path("#{params[:namespace_id]}/#{project_id}")
-      end
+    "#{params[:namespace_id]}/#{project_id}"
   end
 
   # This method returns two values so that we can parse
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/git_http_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/git_http_controller.rb
index 9e4edcae101..b586e1d5ecb 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/git_http_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/git_http_controller.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class Projects::GitHttpController < Projects::GitHttpClientController
     elsif receive_pack? && receive_pack_allowed?
       render_ok
     elsif http_blocked?
-      render_http_not_allowed
+      render_git_access_error_message
     else
       render_denied
     end
@@ -62,23 +62,19 @@ class Projects::GitHttpController < Projects::GitHttpClientController
     render json: Gitlab::Workhorse.git_http_ok(repository, wiki?, user, action_name)
   end
 
-  def render_http_not_allowed
+  def render_git_access_error_message
     render plain: access_check.message, status: :forbidden
   end
 
   def render_denied
     if user && can?(user, :read_project, project)
-      render plain: access_denied_message, status: :forbidden
+      render_git_access_error_message
     else
       # Do not leak information about project existence
       render_not_found
     end
   end
 
-  def access_denied_message
-    'Access denied'
-  end
-
   def upload_pack_allowed?
     return false unless Gitlab.config.gitlab_shell.upload_pack
 
@@ -86,7 +82,7 @@ class Projects::GitHttpController < Projects::GitHttpClientController
   end
 
   def access
-    @access ||= access_klass.new(user, project, 'http', authentication_abilities: authentication_abilities)
+    @access ||= access_klass.new(user, project, 'http', authentication_abilities: authentication_abilities, redirected_path: redirected_path)
   end
 
   def access_check