Respect visibility options and description when importing project from template

app/services/projects/create_from_template_service.rb

@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ module Projects
       template_name = params.delete(:template_name)
       file = Gitlab::ProjectTemplate.find(template_name).file
 
+      override_params = params.dup
       params[:file] = file
 
-      GitlabProjectsImportService.new(current_user, params).execute
+      GitlabProjectsImportService.new(current_user, params, override_params).execute
 
     ensure
       file&.close

changelogs/unreleased/fj-42601-respect-visibility-options.yml

+---
+title: Respect visibility options and description when importing project from template
+merge_request: 18473
+author:
+type: fixed

spec/services/projects/create_from_template_service_spec.rb

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe Projects::CreateFromTemplateService do
         path: user.to_param,
         template_name: 'rails',
         description: 'project description',
-        visibility_level: Gitlab::VisibilityLevel::PRIVATE
+        visibility_level: Gitlab::VisibilityLevel::PUBLIC
     }
   end
 
@@ -24,7 +24,23 @@ describe Projects::CreateFromTemplateService do
 
     expect(project).to be_saved
     expect(project.scheduled?).to be(true)
-    expect(project.description).to match('project description')
-    expect(project.visibility_level).to eq(Gitlab::VisibilityLevel::PRIVATE)
+  end
+
+  context 'the result project' do
+    before do
+      Sidekiq::Testing.inline! do
+        @project = subject.execute
+      end
+
+      @project.reload
+    end
+
+    it 'overrides template description' do
+      expect(@project.description).to match('project description')
+    end
+
+    it 'overrides template visibility_level' do
+      expect(@project.visibility_level).to eq(Gitlab::VisibilityLevel::PUBLIC)
+    end
   end
 end