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| author | Evan Read <eread@gitlab.com> | 2019-06-18 11:09:13 +1000 |
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| committer | Evan Read <eread@gitlab.com> | 2019-06-18 11:09:13 +1000 |
| commit | 1145c302f273084933bcc5edebb9c1f2d22ce6b7 (patch) | |
| tree | 2129f8fb1cc22118e10ccd45369ba4b45484e18a | |
| parent | 1276ff85453c6331e53f79680627c981b5ef00f7 (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-docs/clarify-group-project-templates.tar.gz | |
Make group-level project template docs clearerdocs/clarify-group-project-templates
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/user/group/custom_project_templates.md | 18 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/user/group/custom_project_templates.md b/doc/user/group/custom_project_templates.md index aa088d2fcdb..60f1328375e 100644 --- a/doc/user/group/custom_project_templates.md +++ b/doc/user/group/custom_project_templates.md @@ -9,13 +9,20 @@ type: reference When you create a new [project](../project/index.md), creating it based on custom project templates is a convenient bootstrap option. +When a group-level project template is used, the following is copied into new +projects: + +- Project settings. +- Project files. + +This is in contrast to +[instance-level project templates](../admin_area/custom_project_templates.md), +which copy data as if GitLab's project +[Import/Export feature](../project/settings/import_export.md) was used. + Users can configure a GitLab group that serves as template source under a group's **Settings > General > Custom project templates**. -NOTE: **Note:** -GitLab administrators can -[set project templates for an entire GitLab instance](../admin_area/custom_project_templates.md). - Within this section, you can configure the group where all the custom project templates are sourced. Every project directly under the group namespace will be available to the user if they have access to them. For example, every public @@ -26,9 +33,6 @@ However, private projects will be available only if the user is a member of the NOTE: **Note:** Projects of nested subgroups of a selected template source cannot be used. -Repository and database information that are copied over to each new project are -identical to the data exported with [GitLab's Project Import/Export](../project/settings/import_export.md). - <!-- ## Troubleshooting Include any troubleshooting steps that you can foresee. If you know beforehand what issues |