Previously a lease would only be obtained to update data. This could
lead to duplicate data being inserted, triggering a UNIQUE constraint
error. To work around this we now acquire a lease before performing
_any_ project authorization work, releasing it at the very end.

Fixes #25987

Fix search group/project filtering to show results

Closes #26616

See merge request !8565

Pipeline Index Mini Graph Fix

See merge request !8542

Ensure updating project settings shows a flash message on success

See merge request !8579

Resolve "Add Hover animations"

Closes #26207

See merge request !8415

Retain original casing for  build name in manual pipeline dropdown

Closes #25946

See merge request !8387

Yet another dot git migration fix

See merge request !8592

Remove Lock Icon on Protected Tag

Closes #22111

See merge request !8513

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

Fix issue with diff comments path

See merge request !7819

Remove margin on mobile links

Fix migration failing when user has no projects

See merge request !8589

- Fixed typo
- Fixed migration when there are no projects and path is nil
- Added path rollback that was missing if there was a SQL error

Fix a API deprecation warning

See merge request !8587

Expire related caches after changing HEAD

See merge request !8584

Add a constraint on the query parameter to allow querying for projects with dots in their name.

See merge request !8210

Move admin groups spinach tests to rspec

See merge request !8313

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

Remove trailing whitespace

Closes #26698

See merge request !8581

fix pagination component handling different header styles from different server proxies

See merge request !8569

Allow to use '+' symbol in filenames

Closes #22859

See merge request !6644