Commit ec22983e authored by Nick Gaskill's avatar Nick Gaskill

Merge branch 'document-permalink-button' into 'master'

Document permalink button for linking to files

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!32065
parents c9328cd4 e95b29ce
......@@ -794,9 +794,11 @@ For more information, see the [confidential issue](../../user/project/issues/con
### Link to specific lines of code
When linking to specifics lines within a file, link to a commit instead of to the branch.
When linking to specific lines within a file, link to a commit instead of to the branch.
Lines of code change through time, therefore, linking to a line by using the commit link
ensures the user lands on the line you're referring to.
ensures the user lands on the line you're referring to. The **Permalink** button, which is
available when viewing a file within a project, makes it easy to generate a link to the
most recent commit of the given file.
- **Do:** `[link to line 3](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/11f17c56d8b7f0b752562d78a4298a3a95b5ce66/.gitlab/issue_templates/Feature%20proposal.md#L3)`
- **Don't:** `[link to line 3](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/.gitlab/issue_templates/Feature%20proposal.md#L3).`
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