Performance improvements

* More efficient DB queries
* Cache ApplicationSettings per request
* Dont query for objects you dont need

See merge request !1540

Add "NEWS" to no_highlight_files

"NEWS" is used in gnu style opensource projects for the changelog. So let's add it to `no_highlight_files`.

See merge request !249

Fix Markdown relative links to files with anchors.

Fixes #2016.

cc @marin

See merge request !1541

Improve user profile page

See merge request !1539

TestEnv improvements

Affix milestone/assignee UI element

See merge request !1536

Remove Group#owner_id from API

For #1943

See merge request !1537

Hide Gitlab.com import for GitLab.com

See merge request !1538

Add new style to "New group" button

Bump gitlab shell

See merge request !1535

Make sure Markdown previews always use the same styling as the eventual destination.

Font size, image width and code-block styling weren't accurate between the markdown preview and the issue/wiki/note body.

See merge request !1514

The new group button style was changed to have the same look as the new
project button (green background).

Fix broken access control for note attachments

From https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/332 by Hannes Rosenögger.

See merge request !1528

Highlight bugfix

Fixes:

* snippet rendering bug #2011
* dev fixtures has invalid root user

See merge request !1532

Updated guides for 7.8

Updated guides fro the 7.8 release

Fixes #2009

See merge request !1531

- Simplify cleaning the temporary testing path in TestEnv
- Don't run gitlab:shell:install if it's already installed
- Run git commands quietly

Fix duplicate authorized applications

On the profile applications page, display one row per authorized app instead of one row per access token.  See #1987.

cc @sytse

See merge request !1524

Remove top margin for issue/mr title

See merge request !1529