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author | Filipa Lacerda <filipa@gitlab.com> | 2018-08-16 12:11:04 +0100 |
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committer | Filipa Lacerda <filipa@gitlab.com> | 2018-08-16 12:11:04 +0100 |
commit | 1934401877884c22a0bfbad1a305d248e533841e (patch) | |
tree | ae2586c114296ff404501bac119c22652036f159 /doc/development/documentation/index.md | |
parent | 2b23357e0e91ddcea7593299b53c301222a2c5ee (diff) | |
parent | bd9e5c9bcce90bd2289ee818bfac58ea3a090aaf (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' into 50101-truncated-job-information50101-truncated-job-information
* master: (23 commits)
Creates empty state component for job log view
Documentation process at GitLab
Remove feature flag for FindAllRemoteBranches
Added missing html_safe on text messages.
Enable frozen in app/mailers/**/*.rb
Add Acceptance testing issue template
Fixed deleting new files creating wrong state in IDE
Improved padding of top bar in IDE job trace panel
Documentation for JUnit XML Test Summary In MR widget
Add Czech as an available language
Reduce number of model instances needed in test.
Changes /admin/application_settings to support template repository selection in EE
Allow the project_select_tag to specify an initial value and for the selection to be clear-able
Convert the license template API to use the new LicenseTemplateFinder
Convert BlobHelper#licenses_for_select to use the new LicenseTemplateFinder
Introduce a LicenseTemplate model and LicenseTemplateFinder helper
Combines emoji award spec files into single user_interacts_with_awards_in_issue_spec
Fix bugs in Gitlab::Template::Finders preventing instances from BaseTemplate.all from loading content
Add author-link style from common.scss in EE
regenerate .pot
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diff --git a/doc/development/documentation/index.md b/doc/development/documentation/index.md index f5cdd310f6f..f46c171d9f1 100644 --- a/doc/development/documentation/index.md +++ b/doc/development/documentation/index.md @@ -25,52 +25,23 @@ them to review it for you. We use the [monthly release blog post](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/blog/release-posts/#monthly-releases) as a changelog checklist to ensure everything is documented. -Whenever you submit a merge request for the documentation, use the documentation MR description template. +Whenever you submit a merge request for the documentation, use the +"Documentation" MR description template. If you're changing documentation +location, use the MR description template called "Change documentation +location" instead. -Please check the [documentation workflow](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/technical-writing/workflow/) before getting started. +## Documentation workflow -## Documentation structure - -- Overview and use cases: what it is, why it is necessary, why one would use it -- Requirements: what do we need to get started -- Tutorial: how to set it up, how to use it - -Always link a new document from its topic-related index, otherwise, it will -not be included it in the documentation site search. - -_Note: to be extended._ - -### Feature overview and use cases - -Every major feature (regardless if present in GitLab Community or Enterprise editions) -should present, at the beginning of the document, two main sections: **overview** and -**use cases**. Every GitLab EE-only feature should also contain these sections. +Please read through the [documentation workflow](workflow.md) before getting started. -**Overview**: as the name suggests, the goal here is to provide an overview of the feature. -Describe what is it, what it does, why it is important/cool/nice-to-have, -what problem it solves, and what you can do with this feature that you couldn't -do before. - -**Use cases**: provide at least two, ideally three, use cases for every major feature. -You should answer this question: what can you do with this feature/change? Use cases -are examples of how this feature or change can be used in real life. - -Examples: -- CE and EE: [Issues](../user/project/issues/index.md#use-cases) -- CE and EE: [Merge Requests](../user/project/merge_requests/index.md#overview) -- EE-only: [Geo](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/gitlab-geo/README.html#overview) -- EE-only: [Jenkins integration](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/integration/jenkins.md#overview) - -Note that if you don't have anything to add between the doc title (`<h1>`) and -the header `## Overview`, you can omit the header, but keep the content of the -overview there. +## Documentation structure -> **Overview** and **use cases** are required to **every** Enterprise Edition feature, -and for every **major** feature present in Community Edition. +Follow through the [documentation structure guide](structure.md) for learning +how to structure GitLab docs. ## Markdown and styles -Currently GitLab docs use Redcarpet as [markdown](../user/markdown.md) engine, but there's an [open discussion](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gitlab-docs/issues/50) for implementing Kramdown in the near future. +Currently GitLab docs use Redcarpet as [markdown](../../user/markdown.md) engine, but there's an [open discussion](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gitlab-docs/issues/50) for implementing Kramdown in the near future. All the docs follow the [documentation style guidelines](styleguide.md). @@ -84,9 +55,18 @@ In order to have a [solid site structure](https://searchengineland.com/seo-benef all docs should be linked. Every new document should be cross-linked to its related documentation, and linked from its topic-related index, when existent. The directories `/workflow/`, `/gitlab-basics/`, `/university/`, and `/articles/` have -been deprecated and the majority their docs have been moved to their correct location +been **deprecated** and the majority their docs have been moved to their correct location in small iterations. Please don't create new docs in these folders. +### Documentation files + +- When you create a new directory, always start with an `index.md` file. +Do not use another file name and **do not** create `README.md` files +- **Do not** use special chars and spaces, or capital letters in file names, +directory names, branch names, and anything that generates a path. +- Max screenshot size: 100KB +- We do not support videos (yet) + ### Location and naming documents The documentation hierarchy can be vastly improved by providing a better layout @@ -116,7 +96,7 @@ The table below shows what kind of documentation goes where. --- -**General rules:** +**General rules & best practices:** 1. The correct naming and location of a new document, is a combination of the relative URL of the document in question and the GitLab Map design @@ -203,7 +183,7 @@ Things to note: documentation, sometimes it might be useful to search a path deeper. - The `*.md` extension is not used when a document is linked to GitLab's built-in help page, that's why we omit it in `git grep`. -- Use the checklist on the documentation MR description template. +- Use the checklist on the "Change documentation location" MR description template. #### Alternative redirection method @@ -514,7 +494,7 @@ Suppose there's a process to go from point A to point B in 5 steps: `(A) 1 > 2 > A **guide** can be understood as a description of certain processes to achieve a particular objective. A guide brings you from A to B describing the characteristics of that process, but not necessarily going over each step. It can mention, for example, steps 2 and 3, but does not necessarily explain how to accomplish them. -- Live example: "[Static sites and GitLab Pages domains (Part 1)](../user/project/pages/getting_started_part_one.md) to [Creating and Tweaking GitLab CI/CD for GitLab Pages (Part 4)](../../user/project/pages/getting_started_part_four.md)" +- Live example: "[Static sites and GitLab Pages domains (Part 1)](../../user/project/pages/getting_started_part_one.md) to [Creating and Tweaking GitLab CI/CD for GitLab Pages (Part 4)](../../user/project/pages/getting_started_part_four.md)" A **tutorial** requires a clear **step-by-step** guidance to achieve a singular objective. It brings you from A to B, describing precisely all the necessary steps involved in that process, showing each of the 5 steps to go from A to B. It does not only describes steps 2 and 3, but also shows you how to accomplish them. |