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# GitLab Notification Emails
GitLab has a notification system in place to notify a user of events that are important for the workflow.
## Notification settings
You can find notification settings under the user profile.
![notification settings](img/notification_global_settings.png)
Notification settings are divided into three groups:
- Global settings
- Group settings
- Project settings
Each of these settings have levels of notification:
- Global: For groups and projects, notifications as per global settings.
- Watch: Receive notifications for any activity.
- Participate: Receive notifications for threads you have participated in.
- On Mention: Receive notifications when `@mentioned` in comments.
- Disabled: Turns off notifications.
- Custom: Receive notifications for custom selected events.
> Introduced in GitLab 12.0
You can also select an email address to receive notifications for each group you belong to.
### Global Settings
Global settings are at the bottom of the hierarchy.
Any setting set here will be overridden by a setting at the group or a project level.
Group or Project settings can use `global` notification setting which will then use
anything that is set at Global Settings.
### Group Settings
![notification settings](img/notification_group_settings.png)
Group settings are taking precedence over Global Settings but are on a level below Project or Subgroup settings:
```
Group < Subgroup < Project
```
This means that you can set a different level of notifications per group while still being able
to have a finer level setting per project or subgroup.
Organization like this is suitable for users that belong to different groups but don't have the
same need for being notified for every group they are member of.
These settings can be configured on group page under the name of the group. It will be the dropdown with the bell icon. They can also be configured on the user profile notifications dropdown.
The group owner can disable email notifications for a group, which includes
its subgroups and projects. If this is the case, you will not receive any corresponding notifications,
and the notification button will be disabled with an explanatory tooltip.
### Project Settings
![notification settings](img/notification_project_settings.png)
Project settings are at the top level and any setting placed at this level will take precedence of any
other setting.
This is suitable for users that have different needs for notifications per project basis.
These settings can be configured on project page under the name of the project. It will be the dropdown with the bell icon. They can also be configured on the user profile notifications dropdown.
The project owner (or its group owner) can disable email notifications for the project.
If this is the case, you will not receive any corresponding notifications, and the notification
button will be disabled with an explanatory tooltip.
## Notification events
Below is the table of events users can be notified of:
| Event | Sent to | Settings level |
|------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|
| New SSH key added | User | Security email, always sent. |
| New email added | User | Security email, always sent. |
| Email changed | User | Security email, always sent. |
| Password changed | User | Security email, always sent. |
| New user created | User | Sent on user creation, except for OmniAuth (LDAP)|
| User added to project | User | Sent when user is added to project |
| Project access level changed | User | Sent when user project access level is changed |
| User added to group | User | Sent when user is added to group |
| Group access level changed | User | Sent when user group access level is changed |
| Project moved | Project members (1) | (1) not disabled |
| New release | Project members | Custom notification |
### Issue / Epics / Merge request events
In most of the below cases, the notification will be sent to:
- Participants:
- the author and assignee of the issue/merge request
- authors of comments on the issue/merge request
- anyone mentioned by `@username` in the title or description of the issue, merge request or epic **(ULTIMATE)**
- anyone with notification level "Participating" or higher that is mentioned by `@username`
in any of the comments on the issue, merge request, or epic **(ULTIMATE)**
- Watchers: users with notification level "Watch"
- Subscribers: anyone who manually subscribed to the issue, merge request, or epic **(ULTIMATE)**
- Custom: Users with notification level "custom" who turned on notifications for any of the events present in the table below
| Event | Sent to |
|------------------------|---------|
| New issue | |
| Close issue | |
| Reassign issue | The above, plus the old assignee |
| Reopen issue | |
| Due issue | Participants and Custom notification level with this event selected |
| Change milestone issue | Subscribers, participants mentioned, and Custom notification level with this event selected |
| Remove milestone issue | Subscribers, participants mentioned, and Custom notification level with this event selected |
| New merge request | |
| Push to merge request | Participants and Custom notification level with this event selected |
| Reassign merge request | The above, plus the old assignee |
| Close merge request | |
| Reopen merge request | |
| Merge merge request | |
| Change milestone merge request | Subscribers, participants mentioned, and Custom notification level with this event selected |
| Remove milestone merge request | Subscribers, participants mentioned, and Custom notification level with this event selected |
| New comment | The above, plus anyone mentioned by `@username` in the comment, with notification level "Mention" or higher |
| Failed pipeline | The author of the pipeline |
| Successful pipeline | The author of the pipeline, if they have the custom notification setting for successful pipelines set |
| New epic **(ULTIMATE)** | |
| Close epic **(ULTIMATE)** | |
| Reopen epic **(ULTIMATE)** | |
In addition, if the title or description of an Issue or Merge Request is
changed, notifications will be sent to any **new** mentions by `@username` as
if they had been mentioned in the original text.
You won't receive notifications for Issues, Merge Requests or Milestones created
by yourself (except when an issue is due). You will only receive automatic
notifications when somebody else comments or adds changes to the ones that
you've created or mentions you.
If an open merge request becomes unmergeable due to conflict, its author will be notified about the cause.
If a user has also set the merge request to automatically merge once pipeline succeeds,
then that user will also be notified.
### Email Headers
Notification emails include headers that provide extra content about the notification received:
| Header | Description |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| X-GitLab-Project | The name of the project the notification belongs to |
| X-GitLab-Project-Id | The ID of the project |
| X-GitLab-Project-Path | The path of the project |
| X-GitLab-(Resource)-ID | The ID of the resource the notification is for, where resource is `Issue`, `MergeRequest`, `Commit`, etc|
| X-GitLab-Discussion-ID | Only in comment emails, the ID of the thread the comment is from |
| X-GitLab-Pipeline-Id | Only in pipeline emails, the ID of the pipeline the notification is for |
| X-GitLab-Reply-Key | A unique token to support reply by email |
| X-GitLab-NotificationReason | The reason for being notified. "mentioned", "assigned", etc |
| List-Id | The path of the project in a RFC 2919 mailing list identifier useful for email organization, for example, with Gmail filters |
#### X-GitLab-NotificationReason
This header holds the reason for the notification to have been sent out,
where reason can be `mentioned`, `assigned`, `own_activity`, etc.
Only one reason is sent out according to its priority:
- `own_activity`
- `assigned`
- `mentioned`
The reason in this header will also be shown in the footer of the notification email. For example an email with the
reason `assigned` will have this sentence in the footer:
`"You are receiving this email because you have been assigned an item on {configured GitLab hostname}"`
NOTE: **Note:**
Only reasons listed above have been implemented so far.
Further implementation is [being discussed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/20689).
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## Mirroring and pipeline status sharing
 
Depending your GitLab tier, [project mirroring](../../../workflow/repository_mirroring.md) can be set up to keep
Depending your GitLab tier, [project mirroring](../repository/repository_mirroring.md) can be set up to keep
your imported project in sync with its GitHub copy.
 
Additionally, you can configure GitLab to send pipeline status updates back GitHub with the
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from messing with history or pushing code without review
- [Protected tags](protected_tags.md): Control over who has
permission to create tags, and prevent accidental update or deletion
- [Repository mirroring](repository/repository_mirroring.md)
- [Signing commits](gpg_signed_commits/index.md): use GPG to sign your commits
- [Deploy tokens](deploy_tokens/index.md): Manage project-based deploy tokens that allow permanent access to the repository and Container Registry.
- [Web IDE](web_ide/index.md)
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- Optional list of attached annotations extracted from `annotations/*`
- Alert [GFM](../../markdown.md): GitLab Flavored Markdown from `annotations/gitlab_incident_markdown`
 
When GitLab recieves a **Recovery Alert**, it will automatically close the associated issue. This action will be recorded as a system message on the issue indicated that it was closed automatically by the GitLab Alert bot.
To further customize the issue, you can add labels, mentions, or any other supported [quick action](../quick_actions.md) in the selected issue template, which will apply to all incidents. To limit quick actions or other information to only specific types of alerts, use the `annotations/gitlab_incident_markdown` field.
 
Since [version 12.2](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/issues/63373), GitLab will tag each incident issue with the `incident` label automatically. If the label does not yet exist, it will be created automatically as well.
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#### 9. Weight **(STARTER)**
 
[Assign a weight](../../../workflow/issue_weight.md) to an issue.
[Assign a weight](issue_weight.md) to an issue.
Larger values are used to indicate more effort is required to complete the issue. Only
positive values or zero are allowed.
 
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#### 13. Notifications
 
Click on the icon to enable/disable [notifications](../../../workflow/notifications.md#issue--epics--merge-request-events)
Click on the icon to enable/disable [notifications](../../profile/notifications.md#issue--epics--merge-request-events)
for the issue. This will automatically enable if you participate in the issue in any way.
 
- **Enable**: If you are not a participant in the discussion on that issue, but
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You can mention a user or a group present in your GitLab instance with `@username` or
`@groupname` and they will be notified via todos and email, unless they have disabled
all notifications in their profile settings. This is controlled in the
[notification settings](../../../workflow/notifications.md).
[notification settings](../../profile/notifications.md).
 
Mentions for yourself (the current logged in user), will be highlighted in a different
color, allowing you to easily see which comments involve you, helping you focus on
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disqus_identifier: 'https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/workflow/issue_weight.html'
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# Issue weight **(STARTER)**
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/merge_requests/76) in [GitLab Starter](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 8.3.
When you have a lot of issues, it can be hard to get an overview.
By adding a weight to each issue, you can get a better idea of how much time,
value or complexity a given issue has or will cost.
You can set the weight of an issue during its creation, by simply changing the
value in the dropdown menu. You can set it to a non-negative integer
value from 0, 1, 2, and so on. (The database stores a 4-byte value, so the
upper bound is essentially limitless).
You can remove weight from an issue
as well.
This value will appear on the right sidebar of an individual issue, as well as
in the issues page next to a distinctive balance scale icon.
As an added bonus, you can see the total sum of all issues on the milestone page.
![issue page](img/issue_weight.png)
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## Subscribing to labels
 
From the project label list page and the group label list page, you can subscribe
to [notifications](../../workflow/notifications.md) of a given label, to alert you
that the label has been assigned to an epic, issue, and merge request.
to [notifications](../profile/notifications.md) of a given label, to alert you
that the label has been assigned to an epic, issue, or merge request.
 
![Labels subscriptions](img/labels_subscriptions_v12_1.png)
 
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For example, you could set "Allowed to push" to "No one", and "Allowed to merge"
to "Developers + Maintainers", to require _everyone_ to submit a merge request for
changes going into the protected branch. This is compatible with workflows like
the [GitLab workflow](../../workflow/gitlab_flow.md).
the [GitLab workflow](../../topics/gitlab_flow.md).
 
However, there are workflows where that is not needed, and only protecting from
force pushes and branch removal is useful. For those workflows, you can allow
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![Custom notification - New release](img/custom_notifications_new_release_v12_4.png)
 
## Add release notes to Git tags
You can add release notes to any Git tag using the notes feature. Release notes
behave like any other markdown form in GitLab so you can write text and
drag and drop files to it. Release notes are stored in GitLab's database.
There are several ways to add release notes:
- In the interface, when you create a new Git tag
- In the interface, by adding a note to an existing Git tag
- Using the GitLab API
### New tag page with release notes text area
![new_tag](img/new_tag.png)
### Tags page with button to add or edit release notes for existing Git tag
![tags](img/tags.png)
<!-- ## Troubleshooting
 
Include any troubleshooting steps that you can foresee. If you know beforehand what issues
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disqus_identifier: 'https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/workflow/file_finder.html'
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# File finder
> [Introduced][gh-9889] in GitLab 8.4.
The file finder feature allows you to search for a file in a repository using the
GitLab UI.
You can find the **Find File** button when in the **Files** section of a
project.
![Find file button](img/file_finder_find_button.png)
For those who prefer to keep their fingers on the keyboard, there is a
[shortcut button](../../../workflow/shortcuts.md) as well, which you can invoke from _anywhere_
in a project.
Press `t` to launch the File search function when in **Issues**,
**Merge requests**, **Milestones**, even the project's settings.
Start typing what you are searching for and watch the magic happen. With the
up/down arrows, you go up and down the results, with `Esc` you close the search
and go back to **Files**.
## How it works
The File finder feature is powered by the [Fuzzy filter](https://github.com/jeancroy/fuzz-aldrin-plus) library.
It implements a fuzzy search with highlight, and tries to provide intuitive
results by recognizing patterns that people use while searching.
For example, consider the [GitLab CE repository][ce] and that we want to open
the `app/controllers/admin/deploy_keys_controller.rb` file.
Using fuzzy search, we start by typing letters that get us closer to the file.
**Protip:** To narrow down your search, include `/` in your search terms.
![Find file button](img/file_finder_find_file.png)
[gh-9889]: https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/pull/9889 "File finder pull request"
[ce]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/tree/master "GitLab CE repository"
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disqus_identifier: 'https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/workflow/forking_workflow.html'
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# Project forking workflow
Forking a project to your own namespace is useful if you have no write
access to the project you want to contribute to. If you do have write
access or can request it, we recommend working together in the same
repository since it is simpler. See our [GitLab Flow](../../../workflow/gitlab_flow.md)
document more information about using branches to work together.
## Creating a fork
Forking a project is in most cases a two-step process.
1. Click on the fork button located located in between the star and clone buttons on the project's home page.
![Fork button](img/forking_workflow_fork_button.png)
1. Once you do that, you'll be presented with a screen where you can choose
the namespace to fork to. Only namespaces (groups and your own
namespace) where you have write access to, will be shown. Click on the
namespace to create your fork there.
![Choose namespace](img/forking_workflow_choose_namespace.png)
**Note:**
If the namespace you chose to fork the project to has another project with
the same path name, you will be presented with a warning that the forking
could not be completed. Try to resolve the error before repeating the forking
process.
![Path taken error](img/forking_workflow_path_taken_error.png)
After the forking is done, you can start working on the newly created
repository. There, you will have full [Owner](../../permissions.md)
access, so you can set it up as you please.
## Merging upstream
Once you are ready to send your code back to the main project, you need
to create a merge request. Choose your forked project's main branch as
the source and the original project's main branch as the destination and
create the [merge request](../merge_requests/index.md).
![Selecting branches](img/forking_workflow_branch_select.png)
You can then assign the merge request to someone to have them review
your changes. Upon pressing the 'Submit Merge Request' button, your
changes will be added to the repository and branch you're merging into.
![New merge request](img/forking_workflow_merge_request.png)
[gitlab flow]: https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2014/09/29/gitlab-flow/ "GitLab Flow blog post"
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