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Resolve "Improve visibility of branch name on pipeline page"

G.Christakeas requested to merge gchr/gitlab:272994-improve-visibility-of-branch-name-on-pipeline-page into master

What does this MR do?

This change redistributes the widths of columns on pipelines page, so that a bigger part of the branch name of the commit is visible.

This is achieved by reducing 'triggerer', 'time ago' and 'actions' columns' widths (utilizing the appropriate classes) so that the 'commit' column can get wider. Media queries are added in pipelines' stylesheet for flexibility.

Why?:
In the pipelines page, the commit column width is rather small although there is ton of width space on a modern screen. The branch name and the commit comment that appear in this commit column are really useful to identify the pipelines, but with such a small content, it is hardly usable in a quick look.
Some users use feature branches and review apps a lot, and due to truncation rules put in place because of limited space, the discerning part of the branch name is not visible many times, making it harder to identify the branch.

Related #272994 (closed)
Based on the proposal #272994 (comment 482839389)

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Related to #272994 (closed)

Edited by G.Christakeas

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