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diff --git a/doc/development/issuable-like-models.md b/doc/development/issuable-like-models.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..99432ef3bc0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/development/issuable-like-models.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# Issuable-like Rails models utilities + +GitLab Rails codebase contains several models that hold common functionality and behave similarly to an [Issue]. Other +examples of `Issuable`s are [Merge Requests] and [Epics]. + +This guide accumulates guidelines on working with such Rails models. + +## Important text fields + +There are max length constraints for the most important text fields for `Issuable`s: + +- `title`: 255 chars +- `title_html`: 800 chars +- `description`: 16000 chars +- `description_html`: 48000 chars + +[Issue]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/issues +[Merge Requests]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/merge_requests +[Epics]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/group/epics |