@@ -416,19 +416,18 @@ and/or `production`) you can see this information in the merge request itself.
### Go directly from source files to public pages on the environment
> Introduced in GitLab 8.17.
> Introduced in GitLab 8.17. In GitLab 11.5 the file links
are surfaced to the merge request widget.
To go one step further, we can specify a Route Map to get GitLab to show us "View on [environment URL]" buttons to go directly from a file to that file's representation on the deployed website. It will be exposed in a few places:
| In the diff for a merge request, comparison or commit | In the file view |
| ------ | ------ |
|  |  |
You can specify a Route Map to get GitLab to show "View on <environmentURL>"
buttons to go directly from a file to that file's representation on the
[deployed website via Review Apps](review_apps/index.md).
To get this to work, you need to tell GitLab how the paths of files in your repository map to paths of pages on your website, using a Route Map.
A Route Map is a file inside the repository at `.gitlab/route-map.yml`, which contains a YAML array that maps `source` paths (in the repository) to `public` paths (on the website).
This is an example of a route map for [Middleman](https://middlemanapp.com) static websites like [http://about.gitlab.com](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com):
Below is an example of a route map for [Middleman](https://middlemanapp.com) static websites
like <https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com>:
```yaml
# Team data
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Once you have the route mapping set up, it will be exposed in a few places:
- In the merge request widget. The **View app** button will take you to the
environment URL you have set up in `.gitlab-ci.yml`. The dropdown will render
the first 5 matched items from the route map, but you can filter them if more
than 5 are available.

- In the diff for a merge request, comparison, or commit.

- In the blob file view.
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We now have a full development cycle, where our app is tested, built, deployed
as a Review app, deployed to a staging server once the merge request is merged,
and finally manually deployed to the production server. What we just described