Remove legacy routes
Once we move toward scoped routing (see linked issues), we need to deprecate and remove old routing.
## Schedule
### 12.1
Group routes deprecated in 10.2 => https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/15052
- [x] CE => https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/29351
- [x] EE => https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/14256
User routes deprecated in 8.13 => https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/6851
- [x] CE https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/30044
- [x] EE https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/14382
### 13.0
Project routes deprecated in 12.0 => https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/merge_requests/28435, https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/28717, https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/28830
- [x] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/26808, except https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/31924
### 13.11
- [x] Archive routes => https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/232811
### 14.0
- [x] Global routes deprecated: `abuse_reports`, `invites`, `sent_notifications`, `autocomplete`. Also remove from reserved words. => https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/34295
- [x] Profile routes deprecated in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/45307. Issue => https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/263366
### 15.0
- [x] Project routes deprecated in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/merge_requests/21185, https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/merge_requests/19954, https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/merge_requests/20456
- [x] Project routes deprecated in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/28655 except `issues#show`
- [x] Project routes deprecated in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/merge_requests/23066 except `merge_requests#show`
- [x] Project routes deprecated in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/merge_requests/23391 except `raw`, `tree`, `blob`
- [x] Project routes deprecated in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/57734
- [x] Snippet routes deprecated in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/54461 except `raw`
### 16.0
- [ ] Full cleanup. All group/project routes are available only through `/-/`
### Release Notes
We are removing legacy URLs from the GitLab application. The introduction of subgroups in GitLab 9.0 necessitated that we use a `/-/` delimiter in URLs to signify the end of a group path. More information about this change can be found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/214217. Since then, we've been consolidating all of the URLs in GitLab to use this delimiter for project, group, and instance-level features. URLs which do not use the delimiter are being removed in GitLab 16.0 in favor of those that do. The full list of these URLs, along with their replacement, are included below. Any scripts or bookmarks which reference the legacy URLs will need to be updated to use the new ones. GitLab APIs are not affected by this change.
| Legacy URL | Canonical URL |
| ---------- | ------------- |
| /:namespace/tree/:git_ref/:file_path | /:namespace/-/tree/:git_ref/:file_path |
| /:namespace/blob/:git_ref/:file_path | /:namespace/-/blob/:git_ref/:file_path |
| /:namespace/raw/:git_ref/:file_path | /:namespace/-/raw/:git_ref/:file_path |
| /:namespace/blame/:git_ref/:file_path | /:namespace/-/blame/:git_ref/:file_path |
| /:namespace/tree/:git_ref/:file_path | /:namespace/-/tree/:git_ref/:file_path |
| /:namespace/mirror | /:namespace/-/settings/repository#js-push-remote-settings |
| /:namespace/tags | /:namespace/-/tags |
| /:namespace/hooks | /:namespace/-/hooks |
| /:namespace/commits | /:namespace/-/commits/:git_ref |
| /:namespace/commit/:sha | /:namespace/-/commit/:sha |
| /:namespace/compare | /:namespace/-/compare |
| /:namespace/cycle_analytics | /:namespace/-/value_stream_analytics |
| /:namespace/variables | /:namespace/-/settings/ci_cd#js-variables |
| /:namespace/triggers | /:namespace/-/settings/ci_cd#js-pipeline-triggers |
| /:namespace/environments | /:namespace/-/environments |
| /:namespace/audit_events | /:namespace/-/audit_events |
| /:namespace/error_tracking | /:namespace/-/error_tracking |
| /:namespace/alert_management | /:namespace/-/alert_management |
| /:namespace/wikis | /:namespace/-/wiki/home |
| /:namespace/merge_requests | /:namespace/-/merge_requests |
| /:namespace/vulnerability_feedback | /:namespace/-/vulnerability_feedback |
| /:namespace/security/dashboard | /:namespace/-/security/dashboard |
| /:namespace/security/vulnerability_report | /:namespace/-/security/vulnerability_report |
| /:namespace/dependencies | /:namespace/-/dependencies |
| /:namespace/issues | /:namespace/-/issues |
| /:namespace/pipelines | /:namespace/-/pipelines |
| /:namespace/pipeline_schedules | /:namespace/-/pipeline_schedules |
| /:namespace/runners | /:namespace/-/settings/ci_cd#js-runners-settings |
| /:namespace/snippets | /:namespace/-/snippets |
| /snippets | /-/snippets |
### Availability and Testing
Regression testing, please make sure `e2e:package-and-test` job is passing.
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