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Commit f6d5196e by Harish Ramachandran Committed by Marcia Ramos

Update share project with groups docs

parent f7c8434c
...@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ possible to add a group of users to a project with a single action. ...@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ possible to add a group of users to a project with a single action.
## Groups as collections of users ## Groups as collections of users
Groups are used primarily to [create collections of projects](../user/group/index.md), but you can also Groups are used primarily to [create collections of projects](../../group/index.md), but you can also
take advantage of the fact that groups define collections of _users_, namely the group take advantage of the fact that groups define collections of _users_, namely the group
members. members.
...@@ -16,20 +16,23 @@ say 'Project Acme', in GitLab is to make the 'Engineering' group the owner of 'P ...@@ -16,20 +16,23 @@ say 'Project Acme', in GitLab is to make the 'Engineering' group the owner of 'P
Acme'. But what if 'Project Acme' already belongs to another group, say 'Open Source'? Acme'. But what if 'Project Acme' already belongs to another group, say 'Open Source'?
This is where the group sharing feature can be of use. This is where the group sharing feature can be of use.
To share 'Project Acme' with the 'Engineering' group, go to the project settings page for 'Project Acme' and use the left navigation menu to go to the 'Groups' section. To share 'Project Acme' with the 'Engineering' group, go to the project settings page for 'Project Acme' and use the left navigation menu to go to the **Settings > Members** section.
![The 'Groups' section in the project settings screen](img/share_project_with_groups.png) ![share project with groups](img/share_project_with_groups.png)
Now you can add the 'Engineering' group with the maximum access level of your choice. Then select the 'Share with group' tab by clicking it.
After sharing 'Project Acme' with 'Engineering', the project is listed on the group dashboard.
Now you can add the 'Engineering' group with the maximum access level of your choice. Click 'Share' to share it.
![share project with groups tab](img/share_project_with_groups_tab.png)
After sharing 'Project Acme' with 'Engineering', the project will be listed on the group dashboard.
!['Project Acme' is listed as a shared project for 'Engineering'](img/other_group_sees_shared_project.png) !['Project Acme' is listed as a shared project for 'Engineering'](img/other_group_sees_shared_project.png)
## Maximum access level ## Maximum access level
!['Project Acme' is shared with 'Engineering' with a maximum access level of 'Developer'](img/max_access_level.png) In the example above, the maximum access level of 'Developer' for members from 'Engineering' means that users with higher access levels in 'Engineering' ('Master' or 'Owner') will only have 'Developer' access to 'Project Acme'.
In the screenshot above, the maximum access level of 'Developer' for members from 'Engineering' means that users with higher access levels in 'Engineering' ('Master' or 'Owner') will only have 'Developer' access to 'Project Acme'.
## Share project with group lock (EES/EEP) ## Share project with group lock (EES/EEP)
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