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Always show the Design Tab on Issues but indicate the LFS is turned off or wrong tier

Problem to solve

As a user, I need to understand why the Design Tab is not showing up for me if LFS is turned off for my repo and I am unaware.

Intended users

Further details

  • This issue seeks to build awareness about the technical aspects of LFS (Large file storage) and the correct tier
  • GitLab LFS (Large file storage) currently defaults to on for new instances and is enabled on gitlab.com
  • This will contribute to our Direction by getting more users by guiding them to the feature

Proposal

  • Support "always on" by showing the Design Tab by default even if LFS is off or am in the wrong tier
    • This will increase awareness of the feature
  • When clicking the Design Tab, show a message that indicates how to turn on LFS show the following message
    • IF ( correct_tier==false OR lfs==false )

What does success look like, and how can we measure that?

  • Track increase in Design Tab views
  • Track increase in LFS enablement

Documentation

  • Will need to update how the Design Tab looks when it's not enabled and highlight this in the docs

Links / references

Edited by Christen Dybenko