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Promote fast-forward

Related to https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/2624


Design

There is a banner under the merge requests settings(CE).

Promote trial or license activation for regular EE on-prem sites.
  • Admin
  • Having Start trial button.
  • Having x button. --> If click it, the banner will be closed.
  • Learn more --> Link to the document, so users can know more about the feature.
  • Copy:
Improve Merge Requests with Fast-forward merge.

If you prefer a linear Git history and a way to accept merge requests without creating merge commits, 
you can configure this on a per-project basis. Learn more
  • Regular user
  • Copy:
Improve Merge Requests with fast-forward. Contact your Administrator to upgrade the license.

If you prefer a linear Git history and a way to accept merge requests without creating merge commits, 
you can configure this on a per-project basis. Learn more
Admin Regular users
fast-forward-trial-admin fast-forward-trial-regular
For GitLab.com the feature promotion needs to go to purchase a GitLab.com plan
  • Admin
  • Having Upgrade now button.
  • Copy:
Upgrade license to activate Fast-forward merge.
  • Regular users
  • Copy:
Contact your Administrator to upgrade license to activate Fast-forward merge. 
Admin Regular users
fast-forward-purchasel-admin fast-forward-purchasel-regular
Edited by Hazel Yang