Ability to add description for CI/CD variables

Problem to solve

It is not currently possible to add hints / hover texts to variables, so even if a user knew the what variables are available they might not know their use by just looking at the variable name.

Intended users

  • Sasha (Software Developer)
  • Devon (DevOps Engineer)

Proposal

In Jenkins, when creating a variable you can add a description to it which is then shown directly below the variable:

VarSetup

VarDescription

It would be good if we can have similar functionality in GitLab.

Links / references

Customer suggested it in https://gitlab.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/134357 (internal)

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