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+# User documentation
+
+Welcome to GitLab! We're glad to have you here!
+
+As a GitLab user you'll have access to all the features
+your [subscription](https://about.gitlab.com/products/)
+includes, except [GitLab administrator](../README.md#administrator-documentation)
+settings, unless you have admin privileges to install, configure,
+and upgrade your GitLab instance.
+
+For GitLab.com, admin privileges are restricted to the GitLab team.
+
+If you run your own GitLab instance and are looking for the administration settings,
+please refer to the [administration](../README.md#administrator-documentation)
+documentation.
+
+## Overview
+
+GitLab is a fully integrated software development platform that enables you
+and your team to work cohesively, faster, transparently, and effectively,
+since the discussion of a new idea until taking that idea to production all
+all the way through, from within the same platform.
+
+Please check this page for an overview on [GitLab's features](https://about.gitlab.com/features/).
+
+## Use cases
+
+GitLab is a git-based platforms that integrates a great number of essential tools for software development and deployment, and project management:
+
+- Code hosting in repositories with version control
+- Track proposals for new implementations, bug reports, and feedback with a
+fully featured [Issue Tracker](project/issues/index.md#issue-tracker)
+- Organize and prioritize with [Issue Boards](project/issues/index.md#issue-boards)
+- Code review in [Merge Requests](project/merge_requests/index.md) with live-preview changes per
+branch with [Review Apps](../ci/review_apps/index.md)
+- Build, test and deploy with built-in [Continuous Integration](../ci/README.md)
+- Deploy your personal and professional static websites with [GitLab Pages](project/pages/index.md)
+- Integrate with Docker with [GitLab Container Registry](project/container_registry.md)
+- Track the development lifecycle with [GitLab Cycle Analytics](project/cycle_analytics.md)
+
+With GitLab Enterprise Edition, you can also:
+
+- Provide support with [Service Desk](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/service_desk.html)
+- Improve collaboration with
+[Merge Request Approvals](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/merge_requests/index.html#merge-request-approvals),
+[Multiple Assignees for Issues](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/issues/multiple_assignees_for_issues.html),
+and [Multiple Issue Boards](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/issue_board.html#multiple-issue-boards)
+- Create formal relashionships between issues with [Related Issues](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/issues/related_issues.html)
+- Use [Burndown Charts](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/milestones/burndown_charts.html) to track progress during a sprint or while working on a new version of their software.
+- Leverage [Elasticsearch](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/integration/elasticsearch.html) with [Advanced Global Search](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/search/advanced_global_search.html) and [Advanced Syntax Search](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/search/advanced_search_syntax.html) for faster, more advanced code search across your entire GitLab instance
+- [Authenticate users with Kerberos](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/integration/kerberos.html)
+- [Mirror a repository](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/workflow/repository_mirroring.html) from elsewhere on your local server.
+- [Export issues as CSV](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/issues/csv_export.html)
+- View your entire CI/CD pipeline involving more than one project with [Multiple-Project Pipeline Graphs](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/multi_project_pipeline_graphs.html)
+- [Lock files](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/file_lock.html) to prevent conflicts
+- View of the current health and status of each CI environment running on Kubernetes with [Deploy Boards](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/deploy_boards.html)
+- Leverage your continuous delivery method with [Canary Deployments](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/canary_deployments.html)
+
+You can also [integrate](project/integrations/project_services.md) GitLab with numerous third-party applications, such as Mattermost, Microsoft Teams, HipChat, Trello, Slack, Bamboo CI, JIRA, and a lot more.
+
+### Articles
+
+For a complete workflow use case please check [GitLab Workflow, an Overview](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/10/25/gitlab-workflow-an-overview/#gitlab-workflow-use-case-scenario).
+
+For more use cases please check our [Technical Articles](../articles/index.md).
+
+## Projects
+
+In GitLab, you can create projects for numerous reasons, such as, host
+your code, use it as an issue tracker, collaborate on code, and continuously
+build, test, and deploy your app with built-in GitLab CI/CD. Or, you can do
+it all at once, from one single project.
+
+### Issues
+
+Explore the best of GitLab [Issues](project/issues/index.md).
+
+### Merge Requests
+
+Collanorate on code, gather reviews, live preview changes per branch, and
+request approvals with [Merge Requests](project/merge_requests/index.md).
+
+### Milestones
+
+Work on multiple issues and merge requests towards the same target date
+with [Milestones](project/milestones/index.md).
+
+### GitLab Pages
+
+Publish your static site directly from GitLab with [GitLab Pages](project/pages/index.md). You
+can [build, test, and deploy any Static Site Generator](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/17/ssg-overview-gitlab-pages-part-3-examples-ci/) with Pages.
+
+### Container Registry
+
+Build and deploy Docker images with [GitLab Container Registry](project/container_registry.md).
+
+## GitLab CI/CD
+
+Use built-in [GitLab CI/CD](../ci/README.md) to test, build, and deploy your applications
+directly from GitLab. No third-party integrations needed.
+
+### Auto Deploy
+
+Deploy your application out-of-the-box with [GitLab Auto Deploy](../ci/autodeploy/index.md).
+
+### Review Apps
+
+Live-preview the changes introduced by a merge request with [Review Apps](../ci/review_apps/index.md).
+
+## Groups
+
+With GitLab [Groups](group/index.md) you can assemble related projects together
+and grant members access to several projects at once.
+
+### Subgroups
+
+Groups can also be nested in [subgroups](group/subgroups/index.md).
+
+## Account
+
+There is a lot you can customize and configure
+to enjoy the best of GitLab.
+
+Manage your user settings to change your personal info,
+personal access tokens, authorized applications, integrations, etc.
+
+### Authentication
+
+Read through the [authentication](../topics/authentication/index.md) methods available in GitLab.
+
+### Permissions
+
+Learn the different set of [permissions](permissions.md) for user type (guest, reporter, developer, master, owner).
+
+## Integrations
+
+[Integrate GitLab](../integration/README.md) with your preferred tool,
+such as Trello, JIRA, etc.
+
+## Git and GitLab
+
+Learn what is [Git](../topics/git/index.md) and its best practices.
+
+## Discussions
+
+In GitLab, you can comment and mention collaborators in issues,
+merge requests, code snippets, and commits.
+
+When performing inline reviews to implementations
+to your codebase through merge requests you can
+gather feedback through [resolvable discussions](discussions/index.md#resolvable-discussions).
+
+## Todos
+
+Never forget to reply to your collaborators. [GitLab Todos](../workflow/todos.md)
+are a tool for working faster and more effectively with your team,
+by listing all user or group mentions, as well as issues and merge
+requests you're assigned to.
+
+## Snippets
+
+[Snippets](snippets.md) are code blocks that you want to store in GitLab, from which
+you have quick access to. You can also gather feedback on them through
+[discussions](#discussions).
+
+## Webhooks
+
+Configure [webhooks](project/integrations/webhooks.html) to listen for
+specific events like pushes, issues or merge requests. GitLab will send a
+POST request with data to the webhook URL.
+
+## API
+
+Automate GitLab via [API](../api/README.html).
+