Standardize how we talk about CI/CD variables
Issue
In both documentation and UI text, we talk about Variables, CI Variables, CI/CD Variables, and Environment Variables. I think we need to start enforcing a standard way of talking about them.
Proposal
I think we should go with CI/CD variable
as the standard. When the context is clear (like in a CI/CD settings menu or documentation page), we can use just variable
as the shorthand.
At the minimum, I think we should drop the usage of environment
in the naming. This overlaps with the environments feature and is confusing, IMHO. It's related, but different, and the naming should reflect that.
Step 1
As a first start, I want to remove the usage of environment variable
from the docs, which is used irregularly (inconsistently), like at https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/variables/README.html. It should be replaced with CI/CD Variable
when being introduced, then variable
in further usage.