Added documentation for permalinks to most recent build artifacts

- Documented how to download single files from most recent artifacts
- Documented how to browse most recent artifacts
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title: Added documentation for permalinks to most recent build artifacts.
merge_request: 8934
author: Christian Godenschwager

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It is possible to download the latest artifacts of a job via a well known URL
so you can use it for scripting purposes.
The structure of the URL is the following:
The structure of the URL to download the whole artifacts archive is the following:
```
https://example.com/<namespace>/<project>/builds/artifacts/<ref>/download?job=<job_name>
```
For example, to download the latest artifacts of the job named `rspec 6 20` of
To download a single file from the artifacts use the following URL:
```
https://example.com/<namespace>/<project>/builds/artifacts/<ref>/file/<path_to_file>?job=<job_name>
```
For example, to download the latest artifacts of the job named `coverage` of
the `master` branch of the `gitlab-ce` project that belongs to the `gitlab-org`
namespace, the URL would be:
```
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/builds/artifacts/master/download?job=rspec+6+20
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/builds/artifacts/master/download?job=coverage
```
To download the file `coverage/index.html` from the same
artifacts use the following URL:
```
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/builds/artifacts/master/file/coverage/index.html?job=coverage
```
There is also a URL to browse the latest job artifacts:
```
https://example.com/<namespace>/<project>/builds/artifacts/<ref>/browse?job=<job_name>
```
For example:
```
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/builds/artifacts/master/browse?job=coverage
```
The latest builds are also exposed in the UI in various places. Specifically,