Document file template

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Problem to solve

We have a hole in our docs here, for talking about file templates in general.

• https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/admin_area/settings/instance_template_repository.html is about setting these templates at an INSTANCE level, and mentions gitignore files.
• https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/group/manage.html#group-file-templates is for GROUP level templates.
• https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/project_templates.html, https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/templates/gitignores.html, https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/templates/gitlab_ci_ymls.html, etc are API documentation.

The first two above are more for admins. The latter are for developers. There is no basic page for users that ties all these concepts together.

When you add a new file and type in the name of a template file you get additional options like, e.g. for .gitignore . But you have to know that this is available.

For some file templates there is a button on the project main page but not on the repo->Files page:

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Proposal

• Definitely fill this gap in the documentation (maintenance; this issue here)
• Consider improving the discovery (feature; to be considered; create separate issue in case we want to do this)

Who can address the issue

Documentation team

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