Clarifying how Gitpod workspaces work when opening Gitpod from GitLab UI
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When you open a repository in Gitpod via the button in the GitLab UI, it always creates a fresh, new workspace in Gitpod for you.
The mental model of what a Gitpod workspace is, and that you can run multiple next to each other, is something that requires a deeper understanding of Gitpod, that users with no experience of it might not have yet. I have had multiple calls with other team members where I needed to clarify that a click on the "Gitpod" button will not bring up the same workspace they had started the day before. Some of our users expected a more 1:1 relationship between GitLab repository and Gitpod workspace.
GitHub Codespaces is a bit clearer in that regard, as they show you a list of all open workspaces for that repository next to the option of opening a new workspace: