Commit f45d2742 authored by Marcin Sedlak-Jakubowski's avatar Marcin Sedlak-Jakubowski Committed by Russell Dickenson

Docs: descriptions and comments 1m-char limit

parent 502cdc4a
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You can [turn on notifications](../../profile/notifications.md) to be alerted about epic events.
## Limits
This section gives an overview of limits of Epics and an overview of their background.
### Description and comment length
See [Issues: Description and comment length](../../project/issues/index.md#description-and-comment-length)
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## Overview
The GitLab issue tracker is an advanced tool for collaboratively developing ideas, solving problems, and planning work.
The GitLab issue tracker is an advanced tool for collaboratively developing ideas, solving problems,
and planning work.
Issues can allow sharing and discussion of proposals before, and during,
their implementation between:
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![Issue board](img/issue_board.png)
[Issue boards](../issue_board.md) are Kanban boards with columns that display issues based on their labels
or their assignees**(PREMIUM)**. They offer the flexibility to manage issues using
[Issue boards](../issue_board.md) are Kanban boards with columns that display issues based on their
labels or their assignees**(PREMIUM)**. They offer the flexibility to manage issues using
highly customizable workflows.
You can reorder issues within a column. If you drag an issue card to another column, its
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- [Issues API](../../../api/issues.md)
- Configure an [external issue tracker](../../../integration/external-issue-tracker.md)
such as Jira, Redmine, or Bugzilla.
## Limits
This section gives an overview of limits of Issues and an overview of their background.
### Description and comment length
> Introduced in [GitLab 12.2](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/issues/61974).
Descriptions and comments on [issuable](../../../development/issuable-like-models.md) can be no
longer than 1 million characters.
Previously, there was no limit to issuable description size, which created a
[possibility of a DoS attack](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/issues/61974) by allowing
very long descriptions. It's possible that we will set this limit to a lower number in the future.
......@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ to source code that exist as commits on a given Git branch.
![Merge request view](img/merge_request.png)
A Merge Request (**MR**) is the basis of GitLab as a code collaboration and version
control platform. It is as simple as the name implies: a _request_ to _merge_ one
control platform. It's exactly as the name implies: a _request_ to _merge_ one
branch into another.
## Use cases
A. Consider you are a software developer working in a team:
A. Consider you're a software developer working in a team:
1. You checkout a new branch, and submit your changes through a merge request
1. You gather feedback from your team
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widget.
To facilitate this navigation without having to scroll up and down through the page
to find these tabs, based on user feedback, we are experimenting with a new positioning
to find these tabs, based on user feedback, we're experimenting with a new positioning
of these tabs. They are now located at the top of the merge request, with a new
**Overview** tab, containing the description of the merge request followed by the
widget. Next to **Overview**, you can find **Pipelines**, **Commits**, and **Changes**.
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1. Working with forks of an authoritative project
[Learn more about the authorization for merge requests.](authorization_for_merge_requests.md)
## Limits
This section gives an overview of limits of Merge Requests and an overview of their background.
### Description and comment length
See [Issues: Description and comment length](../issues/index.md#description-and-comment-length)
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