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Move changelog items to their correct place.

Fixes #4236

See merge request !2201

Fix identity and user retrieval when special characters are used

Fixes #4023

I also added tests to make sure the user with special characters in his name is returned correctly.

@rspeicher this probably should be added to 8.3 as a patch.

See merge request !2176

Emoji picker: add "frequently used" category

depend on !2172

![Screen_Shot_2015-12-24_at_16.39.04](/uploads/7117173c6f519282054bcb1b7ba248f4/Screen_Shot_2015-12-24_at_16.39.04.png)


See merge request !2180

Avoid allocations in Ability class.

Fix explore projects page UI

# Before

![Screenshot_2015-12-24_14.13.03](/uploads/fdae7648acc8b8076709e4bfc867a5f8/Screenshot_2015-12-24_14.13.03.png)


# After

![Screenshot_2015-12-24_14.11.29](/uploads/b1ecd3bebfadab9d2ceabaae27046271/Screenshot_2015-12-24_14.11.29.png)



cc @jschatz1 @skyruler 
Signed-off-by: Dmitriy Zaporozhets <dmitriy.zaporozhets@gmail.com>


See merge request !2202

Fix NewBranchForm spec

cc @vsizov 

See merge request !2204

Dropdowns for clone. Star and Fork with new count areas. Star and Unstarred Works now

Fixes #2876 and #3482
Used existing styles. <br/>
Did not attempt to make pixel perfect as styles already exist. <br/>

![Screen_Shot_2015-12-18_at_5.24.56_PM](/uploads/a79ba1e0be0232f2aeef8a43f3253479/Screen_Shot_2015-12-18_at_5.24.56_PM.png)

See merge request !2156

Emoji picker search

depend on !2172

Issue https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/3576

!!! Should be merged after https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/2198

![Screenshot_2015-12-23_11.44.57](/uploads/01da0b62c3c234307142e2c4db68e53f/Screenshot_2015-12-23_11.44.57.png)

See merge request !2186

Signed-off-by: Dmitriy Zaporozhets <dmitriy.zaporozhets@gmail.com>

Fix Error 500 when global milestones have slashes

* Closes #4226

* Closes https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/issues/9921

See merge request !2182

nav full width

old
![Screen_Shot_2015-12-21_at_3.47.01_PM](/uploads/ef47c61eb33521087fc40d400d01cba8/Screen_Shot_2015-12-21_at_3.47.01_PM.png)

new
![Screenshot_2015-12-24_12.16.53](/uploads/30cf37886b3710a22daa0b82583975e9/Screenshot_2015-12-24_12.16.53.png)


See merge request !2200

Automatically fork a project when not allowed to edit a file.

Fixes #3215.

To do:

- [ ] Add tests

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## "Edit" button on file in a project the user does NOT have write access to

![edit_file](/uploads/7602157420768aef483a6586bba2d164/edit_file.png)

## Clicking will automatically create a fork

![during_fork](/uploads/32f4f5dff9f24ea99522000b0bf881c5/during_fork.png)

## When the fork has been created, the user is returned to the edit page on the original project with a notice

![edit_notice](/uploads/94ed1319404370ff1e9c0d672fb41e03/edit_notice.png)

## The user cannot change the target branch and is informed that editing will start an MR

![edit_footer](/uploads/4da68d4795c7177e575b7c434d16eeae/edit_footer.png)

## Hitting "Commit changes" will commit and start an MR from my fork to the origin project

![Screen_Shot_2015-12-17_at_23.38.08](/uploads/d777a4db6f38a5a1be84031694465bc1/Screen_Shot_2015-12-17_at_23.38.08.png)

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## "Create file, "Upload file" and "New directory" buttons in a project the user does NOT have write access to

![new_directory](/uploads/72f556248f30d6652523bbb4be01b3e0/new_directory.png)

## Clicking any of these options will automatically create a fork

![during_fork](/uploads/32f4f5dff9f24ea99522000b0bf881c5/during_fork.png)

## When the fork has been created, the user is returned to the tree page on the original project with a notice

![new_directory_notice](/uploads/a1a3e11308ae0e8f0913fae6813a37ed/new_directory_notice.png)

## Clicking "New directory" again will show the modal. The user cannot change the target branch and is informed that editing will start an MR

![new_dir](/uploads/99ca8cbfb2f70603e352b3fdf67b6281/new_dir.png)

## Hitting "Create directory" will commit and start an MR from my fork to the origin project

![Screen_Shot_2015-12-17_at_23.39.19](/uploads/3713d0235abf831361b803a6198c5bc1/Screen_Shot_2015-12-17_at_23.39.19.png)

cc @dzaporozhets @skyruler

See merge request !2145

Fix/visibility level setting in forked projects

Fixes #3136

/cc @DouweM 

See merge request !1744

Add JS validation for invalid characters  in branch name

Fixes #3293 

Demo:

![out-1080p](/uploads/ba21c359b6b8b440c40cacf772ec0df7/out-1080p.gif)


See merge request !2122

Fix redirect to wrong URL when merging and MR detail URL has an anchor.

Closes #4189

See merge request !2169

Emoji picker: better alias handling

related to https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/3576

See merge request !2198

Bump underscore-rails to ~> 1.8.0

Addresses #2857

See merge request !2193

fixes the search for projects

Also makes improvements for jQuery queries. <br/>
@creamzy @skyruler <br/>
Fixes issues introduced in MR for #3943

See merge request !2194