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diff --git a/doc/user/project/labels.md b/doc/user/project/labels.md index ac91cd4ea98..e5f62a3bb8d 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/labels.md +++ b/doc/user/project/labels.md @@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ An issue, epic, or merge request cannot have two scoped labels with the same key For example, if an issue is already labeled `priority::3` and you apply the label `priority::2` to it, `priority::3` is automatically removed. +### Labels with multiple colon pairs + +If labels have multiple instances of `::`, the longest path from left to right, until the last `::`, is considered the "key" or the "scope". + +For example, `nested::key1::value1` and `nested::key1::value2` cannot both exist on the same issue. Adding the latter label will automatically remove the former due to the shared scope of `nested::key1`. + +`nested::key1::value1` and `nested::key2::value1` can both exist on the same issue, as these are considered to use two different label scopes, `nested::key1` and `nested::key2`. + ### Workflows with scoped labels **[PREMIUM]** Suppose you wanted a custom field in issues to track the platform operating system @@ -131,7 +139,7 @@ From the project issue list page and the project merge request list page, you ca From the group issue list page and the group merge request list page, you can [filter](../search/index.md#issues-and-merge-requests) by both group labels (including subgroup ancestors and subgroup descendants) and project labels. -From the group epic list page, you can [filter](../search/index.md#issues-and-merge-requests) by both current group labels as well as decendent group labels. +From the group epic list page, you can [filter](../search/index.md#issues-and-merge-requests) by both current group labels as well as descendant group labels.  |