Project variables inherited from the Group, produces a 404 error when trying to view the Group variable from within the Project CI/CD Settings
What does this MR do and why?
This MR updates the inherited CI/CD variables table. The link to the group's CI/CD settings should only be displayed for users who have permission to navigate to that page. For other users, the static text with a tooltip is rendered.
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| Owner of the group | Owner of the subgroup, but not the top-level group | Project maintainer |
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How to set up and validate locally
- Create a group and a subgroup, and add a project to the subgroup
- Navigate to Group -> Settings -> CI/CD -> Variables and create a group variable
- Navigate to Subgroup -> Settings -> CI/CD -> Variables and create a group variable
- Navigate to Ptoject -> Settings -> CI/CD -> Variables and view the inherited variables
- Verify the group name links to the group's CI/CD settings page for the user who is the owner of the group
- Verify the group name is rendered as static text for the user who is not the owner of the group
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Related to #393197 (closed) https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/211335
Edited by Anna Vovchenko