Frontend: Add a helpful validation message when variable value do not meet required minimum characters
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Problem to solve
When creating a new project or group variable, masked variables need to be at least 8 characters long. However, there's no way for me to know about this limitation. The form refuses to mask the variable without any explanation why.
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Proposal
When attempting to mask a variable with value that has less than 8 characters, provide a specific error validation for the value input that says something like:
To be masked, the value must have at least 8 characters, cannot contain newline characters, and cannot match the name of an existing predefined or custom CI/CD variable.
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