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authorAchilleas Pipinellis <axil@gitlab.com>2017-09-21 15:39:18 +0200
committerAchilleas Pipinellis <axil@gitlab.com>2017-09-21 15:41:53 +0200
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Document that group Owners can always create subgroups
Issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/30473 MR: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/14046
-rw-r--r--doc/user/group/subgroups/index.md9
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diff --git a/doc/user/group/subgroups/index.md b/doc/user/group/subgroups/index.md
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@@ -84,10 +84,13 @@ structure.
a subgroup. For more information check the [permissions table][permissions].
- For a list of words that are not allowed to be used as group names see the
[reserved names][reserved].
+- Users can always create subgroups if they are explicitly added as an Owner to
+ a parent group even if group creation is disabled by an administrator in their
+ settings.
To create a subgroup:
-1. In the group's dashboard go to the **Subgroups** page and click **Create subgroup**.
+1. In the group's dashboard go to the **Subgroups** page and click **New subgroup**.
![Subgroups page](img/create_subgroup_button.png)
@@ -100,9 +103,7 @@ To create a subgroup:
1. Click the **Create group** button and you will be taken to the new group's
dashboard page.
----
-
-You can follow the same process to create any subsequent groups.
+Follow the same process to create any subsequent groups.
## Membership