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Docs - add prerequisite for auth approval on MR

Anton Smith requested to merge docs/add-prerequisite-auth-approval-mr into master

What does this MR do?

According to the source code project.rb#L468-470, the require authentication when approving a merge request feature requires the password_authentication_enabled_for_web boolean to be true, which is set in the application settings under sign-in restrictions.

If password_authentication_enabled_for_web is false, then the require authentication when approving a merge request option is not visible in the project settings, which leads to confusion as users expect this option to be there and don't know why it isn't there.

This requirement for password_authentication_enabled_for_web to be true is not in our documentation, so I've added it.

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Edited by Mike Jang

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