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Improve visibility of branch name on pipeline page

Problem to solve

In the pipelines page, the commit column width is rather small although there is ton of width space on a modern screen.
The branch name and the commit comment that appear in this commit column are really useful to identify the pipelines, but with such a small content, it is hardly usable in a quick look.

Some users use use feature branches and review apps a lot, and due to truncation rules put in place because of limited space, the discerning part of the branch name is not visible many times, making it harder to identify the branch.

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Further details (internal linked video)

  • Video recorded by @jcaggiano
    • starts at 3:50 with the merge request view and pipeline view. There’s also a suggestion around viewing files at at 10:26

Proposal

Look for ways to change the layout for displaying the branch name in the table such that it is easy to identify.

Edited by James Heimbuck