During `.gitlab-ci.yml` configuration file validation there are two
cases:
1- either we are validating a file within a project context (a project
and a sha is given in option parameters)
2- either we are validating a file with no project context (as in the
api POST /ci/lint)

In the first case, all `include:` keywords are replaced by the content
of the included CI cnfiguration files.

In the second case, the `include:` configuration is kept untouched.

The current problem arises in the second case when one wants to
validate a generic gitlab-ci configuration file with an `include:`
keyword from the API. The following error will be raised by the API:
`"jobs:include config should be a hash"`.

This commit fixes the behavior by validating the `include:` keyword if
its present to not parse it as a job definition.

Fixes #55863 / #52822

Empty state for Starred Projects

Closes #34555

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25138

In this MR, a view for the empty state of projects has been added.
In addition, an svg for this has also been added.

Fixes the top position of job log topbar

Closes #57583

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25394

Revert "Merge branch 'use_gitlab_current_settings' into 'master'"

Closes gitlab-ee#9833

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25393

Adds the commit sha to the pushed assets

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25353

* This will upload the sha of the docker image containing assets to
  assist with building specific sha builds in the future.
* Addresses: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release/framework/issues/51

The top bar of the job log was always expecting the
performance bar to be enabled. This commit adds CSS
to fix the top position for both scenarios.

Refactor spec/factories/users.rb to allow EE to extend it

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25258

This reverts merge request !25370

Fixes transient failure in create_issue_spec.rb

Closes gitlab-org/quality/nightly#79

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25383

Merge branch '55376-related_merge_requests-api-call-returns-merge-requests-that-are-not-related-to-the-issue' into 'master'

Ensure that  related_merge_requests api call returns merge requests in the correct scope

Closes #55376

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25222

Add related merge request count to api response

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24974

Fixes some requests not being tracked in performance bar

Closes #57886

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25384

Add first-day-of-week admin area config note

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25376

Added: Include order by ID desc as tie break in pagination

Closes #54796

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25311

Use Gitlab::CurrentSettings in UrlValidator

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25370

Ensure that references to private projects are not visible

API: Support Jira transition ID as string

Closes #55109

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24400

Fix rollout status for statefulsets and daemonsets

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24972

Remove two unused formats from Projects::TreeController#show

Closes #38261

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25249

Gitlab::CurrentSettings will create ApplicationSetting.current if not
present which means we don't have to use `&.`. We can also more easily
use stub_application_setting in specs

Closes https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/57886

Allow setting feature flags per GitLab group

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25022

Building on support for setting feature flags by project, this adds
support for setting them by GitLab group path.

This is different from setting them by Flipper feature_groups, which
are for batch updating pre-registered collections.

Also use refactor retry_on_excpetion and use it in select_*_filter
methods

Update GitLab UI to latest version

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25127

Update new password breadcrumb

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25037

Docs: Fix all Kubernetes and Runner related anchors

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25063

Signed-off-by: Rémy Coutable <remy@rymai.me>

Signed-off-by: Rémy Coutable <remy@rymai.me>

Fix diff files not rendering

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25358