Merge branch 'merge-train-docs-change' into 'master'

Updated docs for Merge Trains

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!29771
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## Merge Trains **[PREMIUM]**
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/9186) in [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 12.0.
> This feature is disabled by default until we resolve issues with [contention handling](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/11222), but [can be enabled manually](#enabling-merge-trains).
> This feature is disabled by default, but [can be enabled manually](#enabling-merge-trains).
[Pipelines for merged results](#pipelines-for-merged-results-premium) introduces
running a build on the result of the merged code prior to merging, as a way to keep master green.
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it creates a new pipeline targeting the merge result of the previous MR plus the target branch.
Pipelines invalidated through failures are immediately canceled and requeued.
CAUTION: **Warning:**
At this moment, each merge train can generate a merge ref and run a pipeline **one at a time** due to a technical challenge.
We have [an issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/11222) to tackle this problem to make the pipelines for merged results run in parallel.
CAUTION: **Caution:**
At the moment, each merge train can generate a merge ref and run a pipeline **one at a time**. We plan to make the pipelines for merged results [run in parallel](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/11222) in a future release.
### Enabling Merge Trains
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![Add to merge train when pipeline succeeds](img/merge_train_start_when_pipeline_succeeds.png)
### Merge Train's limitations
- At this moment, each merge train can generate a merge ref and run a pipeline **one at a time** due to a technical challenge.
We have [an issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/11222) to tackle this problem to make the pipelines for merged results run in parallel.
## Excluding certain jobs
The behavior of the `only: merge_requests` parameter is such that _only_ jobs with