Allow creating merge request even if target branch is not specified in query params

Closes #28890

See merge request !9968

don't show loading spinners for server-rendered sidebar fields

Closes #24683

See merge request !9983

Todos performance: Include associations in Finder

See merge request !10076

Remove width from nav links

Closes #29586

See merge request !10051

Fix regressions introduced while adding CI endpoints in API v4

See merge request !9952

All CI offline migrations

See merge request !9730

Added Gitlab::Database.config

See merge request !10045

Stop CI notification showing when status is nil

See merge request !10044

Restore sub-nav (Activity) for empty project

Closes #29577

See merge request !10033

Fix Unicode 1.1 emojis

Closes #29557

See merge request !10031

Use "branch_name" instead "branch" on V3 branch creation API

Closes #29604

See merge request !10030

Add a new have_html_escaped_body_text that match an HTML-escaped text

Closes #20121

See merge request !10015

removes n+1 query from tags and branches indexes

See merge request !9905

Speed up several project lists

See merge request !9903

Document a New Branch feature for Bare Projects

See merge request !9996

Fix config option to disable Prometheus

Closes #29142

See merge request !10019

Fix double click token name

Closes #29599

See merge request !10023

Fix archive prefix bug for refs containing dots

Closes #29565

See merge request !10007

Protect against unknown emojis in frequently used list

See merge request !10020

Fixed commit icon size in cycle analyitcs

Closes #29536

See merge request !9994

Ensure not valid anymore labels don't break issue pages

Closes #29529

See merge request !9995

Fix spacing between MR number and title

Closes #29560

See merge request !10008

Improve TODOs performance

See merge request !10004

Fix Slack link when on notify

See merge request !9999

Enabled remote filter in compare dropdowns

Closes #29545

See merge request !9997

Put the use of "No Label" in the labels description

See merge request !9993

Update award emoji button native emoji alignment

Closes #29228

See merge request !9985

Prometheus Service Integration Documentation

Closes #29142

See merge request !9954

Consistent button colors for disabled buttons

Closes #29263 and #29221

See merge request !9848

Fix relative position calculation

Closes #29269

See merge request !9837

Fix statements timeout in manual actions migration

Closes #29526

See merge request !9989

Fixed duplicate pagination on explore#groups

Closes #29531

See merge request !9988

Restore unicode file name images for legacy img emojis

See merge request !9986

Futher rename the CI variables

See merge request !9851

Use GitLab Pages v0.4.0

See merge request !9896

Blacklist nested groups and project names that can cause ambiguous routing for HA

Closes #29324

See merge request !9898

We were missing some info on updating /etc/default/gitlab

In particular, changes needed to be made in order for Pages to work,
see https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/29372