Add group file templates to registration features
What does this MR do and why?
We want to add Group file templates to features available to users who have service ping data sharing enabled.
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How to set up and validate locally
Numbered steps to set up and validate the change are strongly suggested.
- Testing previous behavior:
- Make sure you're on a Premium/Ultimate plan GitLab GDK instance
- Create repository with file templates inside
- Select some group
- Select
Settings -> General -> Templates
in Group sidebar and define file templates repository - Try to use the feature - it should be enabled and working according to the documentation.
- Try to add new
.gitignore
file to some repository(from this group) using UI to check if you have group file templates available in templates dropdown.
- Try to add new
- When registration features are enabled:
- Make sure you're on a free plan GitLab GDK instance (for example, remove current license or stub #current to return
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) - Make sure you have the Registration Features checkbox enabled (Admin -> Settings -> Metrics and profiling -> Usage statistics -> Enable Service Ping & Enable Registration Features)
- Create repository with file templates inside
- Select some group
- Select
Settings -> General -> Templates
in Group sidebar and define file templates repository. - Try to use the feature - it should be enabled and working according to the documentation
- Make sure you're on a free plan GitLab GDK instance (for example, remove current license or stub #current to return
- When registration features are disabled:
- Make sure you're on a free plan GitLab GDK instance
- Make sure you have the registration features checkbox disabled (Admin -> Settings -> Metrics and profiling -> Usage statistics -> Enable Registration Features)
- Select some group
- Group file templates feature should be disabled and not usable
- No
Templates
section in Group settingsSettings -> General
- No Group file templates available on New file page
- No
- Make sure that the new text appears on the docs page:
- run
gdk restart gitlab-docs
- go to
<local_gitlab_docs_host>/ee/user/admin_area/settings/usage_statistics.html#registration-features-program
and make sure the new section is on the page and the link works
- run
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Related to #422273 (closed)
Edited by Suraj Tripathi