Rename `NamespaceValidator` to `DynamicPathValidator`

app/models/namespace.rb

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Namespace < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates :path,
     presence: true,
     length: { maximum: 255 },
-    namespace: true
+    dynamic_path: true
 
   validate :nesting_level_allowed
 

app/models/project.rb

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
               message: Gitlab::Regex.project_name_regex_message }
   validates :path,
     presence: true,
-    namespace: true,
+    dynamic_path: true,
     length: { maximum: 255 },
     format: { with: Gitlab::Regex.project_path_regex,
               message: Gitlab::Regex.project_path_regex_message },

app/models/user.rb

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
     presence: true,
     numericality: { greater_than_or_equal_to: 0, less_than_or_equal_to: Gitlab::Database::MAX_INT_VALUE }
   validates :username,
-    namespace: true,
+    dynamic_path: true,
     presence: true,
     uniqueness: { case_sensitive: false }
 

app/validators/namespace_validator.rb → app/validators/dynamic_path_validator.rb

-# NamespaceValidator
+# DynamicPathValidator
 #
-# Custom validator for GitLab namespace values.
+# Custom validator for GitLab path values.
+# These paths are assigned to `Namespace` (& `Group` as a subclass) & `Project`
 #
 # Values are checked for formatting and exclusion from a list of reserved path
 # names.
-class NamespaceValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator
+class DynamicPathValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator
   # All routes that appear on the top level must be listed here.
   # This will make sure that groups cannot be created with these names
   # as these routes would be masked by the paths already in place.
@@ -124,6 +125,8 @@ class NamespaceValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator
       record.has_parent? ? :wildcard : :top_level
     when Project
       :wildcard
+    when User
+      :top_level
     else
       :strict
     end

lib/constraints/group_url_constrainer.rb

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ class GroupUrlConstrainer
   def matches?(request)
     id = request.params[:id]
 
-    return false unless NamespaceValidator.valid_full_path?(id)
+    return false unless DynamicPathValidator.valid_full_path?(id)
 
     Group.find_by_full_path(id).present?
   end

lib/constraints/project_url_constrainer.rb

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class ProjectUrlConstrainer
     project_path = request.params[:project_id] || request.params[:id]
     full_path = namespace_path + '/' + project_path
 
-    unless NamespaceValidator.valid_full_path?(full_path)
+    unless DynamicPathValidator.valid_full_path?(full_path)
       return false
     end
 

lib/gitlab/etag_caching/router.rb

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module Gitlab
       #   - Ending in `issues/id`/rendered_title` for the `issue_title` route
       USED_IN_ROUTES = %w[noteable issue notes issues renderred_title
                           commit pipelines merge_requests new].freeze
-      RESERVED_WORDS = NamespaceValidator::WILDCARD_ROUTES - USED_IN_ROUTES
+      RESERVED_WORDS = DynamicPathValidator::WILDCARD_ROUTES - USED_IN_ROUTES
       RESERVED_WORDS_REGEX = Regexp.union(*RESERVED_WORDS)
       ROUTES = [
         Gitlab::EtagCaching::Router::Route.new(

spec/validators/namespace_validator_spec.rb → spec/validators/dynamic_path_validator_spec.rb

 require 'spec_helper'
 
-describe NamespaceValidator do
+describe DynamicPathValidator do
   let(:validator) { described_class.new(attributes: [:path]) }
 
   # Pass in a full path to remove the format segment: