Improve empty project overview

app/views/projects/_readme.html.haml

@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@
 
 - else
   .row-content-block.second-block.center
-    %h3.page-title
+    %h4
       This project does not have a README yet
+
     - if can?(current_user, :push_code, @project)
       %p
         A
         %code README
         file contains information about other files in a repository and is commonly
         distributed with computer software, forming part of its documentation.
+        GitLab will render it here instead of this message.
       %p
-        We recommend you to
-        = link_to "add a README", add_special_file_path(@project, file_name: 'README.md')
-        file to the repository and GitLab will render it here instead of this message.
+        = link_to "Add Readme", add_special_file_path(@project, file_name: 'README.md'),  class: 'btn btn-new'

app/views/projects/buttons/_dropdown.html.haml

@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
     %ul.dropdown-menu.dropdown-menu-align-right.project-home-dropdown
       - can_create_issue = can?(current_user, :create_issue, @project)
       - merge_project = can?(current_user, :create_merge_request, @project) ? @project : (current_user && current_user.fork_of(@project))
-      - can_create_snippet = can?(current_user, :create_snippet, @project)
+      - can_create_project_snippet = can?(current_user, :create_project_snippet, @project)
+
+      - if can_create_issue || merge_project || can_create_project_snippet
+        %li.dropdown-header= _('This project')
 
       - if can_create_issue
         %li= link_to _('New issue'), new_project_issue_path(@project)
@@ -14,11 +17,11 @@
       - if merge_project
         %li= link_to _('New merge request'), project_new_merge_request_path(merge_project)
 
-      - if can_create_snippet
+      - if can_create_project_snippet
         %li= link_to _('New snippet'), new_project_snippet_path(@project)
 
-      - if can_create_issue || merge_project || can_create_snippet
-        %li.divider
+      - if can?(current_user, :push_code, @project)
+        %li.dropdown-header= _('This repository')
 
       - if can?(current_user, :push_code, @project)
         %li= link_to _('New file'), project_new_blob_path(@project, @project.default_branch || 'master')
@@ -31,5 +34,5 @@
         - continue_params = { to:         project_new_blob_path(@project, @project.default_branch || 'master'),
                               notice:     edit_in_new_fork_notice,
                               notice_now: edit_in_new_fork_notice_now }
-        - fork_path = project_forks_path(@project, namespace_key:  current_user.namespace.id, continue: continue_params)
+        - fork_path = project_forks_path(@project, namespace_key: current_user.namespace.id, continue: continue_params)
         %li= link_to _('New file'), fork_path, method: :post

app/views/projects/empty.html.haml

@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
 = render "home_panel"
 
 .row-content-block.second-block.center
-  %h3.page-title
+  %h4
     The repository for this project is empty
+
   - if can?(current_user, :push_code, @project)
     %p
       If you already have files you can push them using command line instructions below.
@@ -28,8 +29,8 @@
       %p
         - link = link_to(s_('AutoDevOps|Auto DevOps (Beta)'), project_settings_ci_cd_path(@project, anchor: 'js-general-pipeline-settings'))
         = s_('AutoDevOps|You can activate %{link_to_settings} for this project.').html_safe % { link_to_settings: link }
-      %p
-        = s_('AutoDevOps|It will automatically build, test, and deploy your application based on a predefined CI/CD configuration.')
+      %p= s_('AutoDevOps|It will automatically build, test, and deploy your application based on a predefined CI/CD configuration.')
+      %p= link_to _('New file'), project_new_blob_path(@project, @project.default_branch || 'master'), class: 'btn btn-new'
 
 - if can?(current_user, :push_code, @project)
   %div{ class: container_class }
@@ -79,4 +80,4 @@
 
           - if can? current_user, :remove_project, @project
             .prepend-top-20
-              = link_to 'Remove project', [@project.namespace.becomes(Namespace), @project], data: { confirm: remove_project_message(@project)}, method: :delete, class: "btn btn-remove pull-right"
+              = link_to 'Remove project', [@project.namespace.becomes(Namespace), @project], data: { confirm: remove_project_message(@project)}, method: :delete, class: "btn btn-inverted btn-remove pull-right"

changelogs/unreleased/feat-add-section-headers-to-project-repo-buttons.yml

+---
+title: Improve empty project overview
+merge_request: 16617
+author: George Tsiolis
+type: added