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authorEvan Read <eread@gitlab.com>2019-05-20 18:07:48 +0000
committerAchilleas Pipinellis <axil@gitlab.com>2019-05-20 18:07:48 +0000
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Fix content to not contradict
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diff --git a/doc/ci/merge_request_pipelines/index.md b/doc/ci/merge_request_pipelines/index.md
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@@ -70,15 +70,18 @@ when a merge request was created or updated. For example:
## Pipelines for Merged Results **[PREMIUM]**
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/7380) in [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 11.10.
+> This feature is disabled by default until we resolve issues with [contention handling](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/9186), but [can be enabled manually](#enabling-pipelines-for-merged-results).
It's possible for your source and target branches to diverge, which can result
in the scenario that source branch's pipeline was green, the target's pipeline was green,
-but the combined output fails. By having your merge request pipeline automatically
+but the combined output fails.
+
+By having your merge request pipeline automatically
create a new ref that contains the merge result of the source and target branch
(then running a pipeline on that ref), we can better test that the combined result
is also valid.
-From GitLab 11.10, pipelines for merge requests run by default
+GitLab can run pipelines for merge requests
on this merged result. That is, where the source and target branches are combined into a
new ref and a pipeline for this ref validates the result prior to merging.
@@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ get out of WIP status or resolve merge conflicts as soon as possible.
### Enabling Pipelines for Merged Results
-This feature disabled by default until we resolve issues with [contention handling](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/9186). It can be enabled at the project level:
+To enable pipelines on merged results at the project level:
1. Visit your project's **Settings > General** and expand **Merge requests**.
1. Check **Merge pipelines will try to validate the post-merge result prior to merging**.