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diff --git a/doc/user/project/milestones/index.md b/doc/user/project/milestones/index.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a43a42a8fe8 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/user/project/milestones/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +# Milestones + +Milestones allow you to organize issues and merge requests into a cohesive group, +optionally setting a due date. A common use is keeping track of an upcoming +software version. Milestones can be created per-project or per-group. + +## Creating a project milestone + +>**Note:** +You need [Master permissions](../../permissions.md) in order to create a milestone. + +You can find the milestones page under your project's **Issues ➔ Milestones**. +To create a new milestone, simply click the **New milestone** button when in the +milestones page. A milestone can have a title, a description and start/due dates. +Once you fill in all the details, hit the **Create milestone** button. + + + +## Creating a group milestone + +>**Note:** +You need [Master permissions](../../permissions.md) in order to create a milestone. + +You can create a milestone for several projects in the same group simultaneously. +On the group's **Issues ➔ Milestones** page, you will be able to see the status +of that milestone across all of the selected projects. To create a new milestone +for selected projects in the group, click the **New milestone** button. The +form is the same as when creating a milestone for a specific project with the +addition of the selection of the projects you want to inherit this milestone. + + + +## Special milestone filters + +In addition to the milestones that exist in the project or group, there are some +special options available when filtering by milestone: + +* **No Milestone** - only show issues or merge requests without a milestone. +* **Upcoming** - show issues or merge request that belong to the next open + milestone with a due date, by project. (For example: if project A has + milestone v1 due in three days, and project B has milestone v2 due in a week, + then this will show issues or merge requests from milestone v1 in project A + and milestone v2 in project B.) +* **Started** - show issues or merge requests from any milestone with a start + date less than today. Note that this can return results from several + milestones in the same project. |