Rename blocking MRs to cross-project MR dependencies

We're removing the ability for MRs in a single project to block each
other, and performing a rename of the feature to go along with that.
This necessitates documentation changes

app/views/shared/issuable/_form.html.haml

@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 
 = render_if_exists 'shared/issuable/approvals', issuable: issuable, presenter: presenter, form: form
 
-= render_if_exists "shared/issuable/form/merge_request_blocks", issuable: issuable, form: form
-
 = render 'shared/issuable/form/branch_chooser', issuable: issuable, form: form
 
 = render 'shared/issuable/form/merge_params', issuable: issuable

app/views/shared/issuable/form/_metadata.html.haml

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
           = render "shared/issuable/label_dropdown", classes: ["js-issuable-form-dropdown"], selected: issuable.labels, data_options: { field_name: "#{issuable.class.model_name.param_key}[label_ids][]", show_any: false }, dropdown_title: "Select label"
 
     = render_if_exists "shared/issuable/form/weight", issuable: issuable, form: form
+    = render_if_exists "shared/issuable/form/merge_request_blocks", issuable: issuable, form: form
 
   - if has_due_date
     .col-lg-6

doc/user/project/merge_requests/blocking_merge_requests.md

@@ -1,133 +0,0 @@
----
-type: reference, concepts
----
-
-# Blocking merge requests **(PREMIUM)**
-
-> Introduced in GitLab Premium 12.2
-
-Blocking merge requests allow dependencies between MRs to be expressed. If a
-merge request is blocked by another MR, it cannot be merged until that blocking
-MR is itself merged.
-
-NOTE: **Note:**
-Blocking merge requests are a **PREMIUM** feature, but this restriction is only
-enforced for the blocked merge request. A merge request in a **CORE** or
-**STARTER** project can block a **PREMIUM** merge request, but not vice-versa.
-
-## Use cases
-
-* Ensure changes to a library are merged before changes to a project that
-  imports the library
-* Prevent a documentation-only merge request from being merged before the MR
-  implementing the feature to be documented
-* Require an MR updating a permissions matrix to be merged before merging an
-  MR from someone who hasn't yet been granted permissions
-
-It is common for a single logical change to span several merge requests. These
-MRs may all be in a single project, or they may be spread out across multiple
-projects, and the order in which they are merged can be significant.
-
-For example, given a project `mycorp/awesome-project` that imports a library
-at `myfriend/awesome-lib`, adding a feature in `awesome-project` may **also**
-require changes to `awesome-lib`, and so necessitate two merge requests. Merging
-the `awesome-project` MR before the `awesome-lib` one would break the `master`
-branch.
-
-The `awesome-project` MR could be [marked as WIP](work_in_progress_merge_requests.md),
-and the reason for the WIP stated included in the comments. However, this
-requires the state of the `awesome-lib` MR to be manually tracked, and doesn't
-scale well if the `awesome-project` MR depends on changes to **several** other
-projects.
-
-By marking the `awesome-project` MR as blocked on the `awesome-lib` MR instead,
-the status of the dependency is automatically tracked by GitLab, and the WIP
-state can be used to communicate the readiness of the code in each individual
-MR instead.
-
-## Configuration
-
-To continue the above example, you can configure a block when creating the
-new MR in `awesome-project` (or by editing it, if it already exists). The block
-needs to be configured on the MR that will be **blocked**, rather than on the
-**blocking** MR. There is a "Blocking merge requests" section in the form:
-
-![Blocking merge requests form control](img/edit_blocking_merge_requests.png)
-
-Anyone who can edit a merge request can change the list of blocking merge
-requests.
-
-New blocks can be added by reference, by URL, or by using autcompletion. To
-remove a block, press the "X" by its reference.
-
-As blocks can be specified across projects, it's possible that someone else has
-added a block for a merge request in a project you don't have access to. These
-are shown as a simple count:
-
-![Blocking merge requests form control with inaccessible MRs](img/edit_blocking_merge_requests_inaccessible.png)
-
-If necessary, you can remove all the blocks like this by pressing the "X", just
-as you would for a single, visible block.
-
-Once you're finished, press the "Save changes" button to submit the request, or
-"Cancel" to return without making any changes.
-
-The list of configured blocks, and the status of each one, is shown in the merge
-request widget:
-
-![Blocking merge requests in merge request widget](img/show_blocking_merge_requests_in_mr_widget.png)
-
-Until all blocking merge requests have, themselves, been merged, the "Merge"
-button will be disabled. In particular, note that **closed** merge requests
-still block their dependents - it is impossible to automatically determine if
-merge requests that were blocked by that MR when it was open, are still blocked
-when it is closed.
-
-If a merge request has been closed **and** the block is no longer relevant, it
-must be removed as a blocking MR, following the instructions above, before
-merge.
-
-## Limitations
-
-* API support: [gitlab-ee#12551](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/12551)
-* Blocking relationships are not preserved across project export/import: [gitlab-ee#12549](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/12549)
-* Complex merge order dependencies are not supported: [gitlab-ee#11393](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/11393)
-
-The last item merits a little more explanation. Blocking merge requests can be
-described as a graph of dependencies. The simplest possible graph has one
-merge request blocking another:
-
-```mermaid
-graph LR;
-    myfriend/awesome-lib!10-->mycorp/awesome-project!100;
-```
-
-A more complex (and still supported) graph might have several MRs blocking
-another from being merged:
-
-```mermaid
-graph LR;
-    myfriend/awesome-lib!10-->mycorp/awesome-project!100;
-    herfriend/another-lib!1-->mycorp/awesome-project!100;
-```
-
-We also support one MR blocking several others from being merged:
-
-```mermaid
-graph LR;
-    herfriend/another-lib!1-->myfriend/awesome-lib!10;
-    herfriend/another-lib!1-->mycorp/awesome-project!100;
-```
-
-What is **not** supported is a "deep", or "nested" graph of dependencies, e.g.:
-
-```mermaid
-graph LR;
-    herfriend/another-lib!1-->myfriend/awesome-lib!10;
-    myfriend/awesome-lib!10-->mycorp/awesome-project!100;
-```
-
-In this example, `myfriend/awesome-lib!10` would be blocked from being merged by
-`herfriend/another-lib!1`, and would also block `mycorp/awesome-project!100`
-from being merged. This is **not** yet supported.
-

doc/user/project/merge_requests/index.md

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ With **[GitLab Enterprise Edition][ee]**, you can also:
 - Analyze your dependencies for vulnerabilities with [Dependency Scanning](../../application_security/dependency_scanning/index.md) **(ULTIMATE)**
 - Analyze your Docker images for vulnerabilities with [Container Scanning](../../application_security/container_scanning/index.md) **(ULTIMATE)**
 - Determine the performance impact of changes with [Browser Performance Testing](#browser-performance-testing-premium) **(PREMIUM)**
-- Specify merge order dependencies with [Blocking Merge Requests](#blocking-merge-requests-premium) **(PREMIUM)**
+- Specify merge order dependencies with [Cross-project Merge Request Dependencies](#cross-project-merge-request-dependencies-premium) **(PREMIUM)**
 
 ## Use cases
 
@@ -451,20 +451,20 @@ GitLab runs the [Sitespeed.io container][sitespeed-container] and displays the d
 
 [Read more about Browser Performance Testing.](browser_performance_testing.md)
 
-## Blocking Merge Requests **(PREMIUM)**
+## Cross-project Merge Request Dependencies **(PREMIUM)**
 
 > Introduced in [GitLab Premium][products] 12.2.
 
-A single logical change may be split across several merge requests, and perhaps
-even across several projects. When this happens, the order in which MRs are
-merged is important.
+A single logical change may be split across several merge requests, across
+several projects. When this happens, the order in which MRs are merged is
+important.
 
-GitLab allows you to specify that a merge request is blocked by other MRs. With
+GitLab allows you to specify that a merge request depends on other MRs. With
 this relationship in place, the merge request cannot be merged until all of its
-blockers have also been merged, helping to maintain the consistency of a single
-logical change.
+dependencies have also been merged, helping to maintain the consistency of a
+single logical change.
 
-[Read more about Blocking Merge Requests.](blocking_merge_requests.md)
+[Read more about cross-project merge request dependencies.](merge_request_dependencies.md)
 
 ## Security reports **(ULTIMATE)**
 

doc/user/project/merge_requests/merge_request_dependencies.md

@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+---
+type: reference, concepts
+---
+
+# Cross-project merge request dependencies **(PREMIUM)**
+
+> Introduced in GitLab Premium 12.2
+
+Cross-project merge request dependencies allows a required order of merging
+between merge requests in different projects to be expressed. If a
+merge request "depends on" another, then it cannot be merged until its
+dependency is itself merged.
+
+NOTE: **Note:**
+Merge requests dependencies are a **PREMIUM** feature, but this restriction is
+only enforced for the dependent merge request. A merge request in a **CORE** or
+**STARTER** project can be a dependency of a **PREMIUM** merge request, but not
+vice-versa.
+
+NOTE: **Note:**
+A merge request can only depend on merge requests in a different project. Two
+merge requests in the same project cannot depend on each other.
+
+## Use cases
+
+* Ensure changes to a library are merged before changes to a project that
+  imports the library
+* Prevent a documentation-only merge request from being merged before the merge request
+  implementing the feature to be documented
+* Require an merge request updating a permissions matrix to be merged before merging an
+  merge request from someone who hasn't yet been granted permissions
+
+It is common for a single logical change to span several merge requests, spread
+out across multiple projects, and the order in which they are merged can be
+significant.
+
+For example, given a project `mycorp/awesome-project` that imports a library
+at `myfriend/awesome-lib`, adding a feature in `awesome-project` may **also**
+require changes to `awesome-lib`, and so necessitate two merge requests. Merging
+the `awesome-project` merge request before the `awesome-lib` one would
+break the `master`branch.
+
+The `awesome-project` merge request could be [marked as
+WIP](work_in_progress_merge_requests.md),
+and the reason for the WIP stated included in the comments. However, this
+requires the state of the `awesome-lib` merge request to be manually
+tracked, and doesn't scale well if the `awesome-project` merge request
+depends on changes to **several** other projects.
+
+By making the `awesome-project` merge request depend on the
+`awesome-lib` merge request instead, this relationship is
+automatically tracked by GitLab, and the WIP state can be used to
+communicate the readiness of the code in each individual merge request
+instead.
+
+## Configuration
+
+To continue the above example, you can configure a dependency when creating the
+new merge request in `awesome-project` (or by editing it, if it already exists).
+The dependency needs to be configured on the **dependent** merge
+request. There is a "Cross-project dependencies" section in the form:
+
+![Cross-project dependencies form control](img/cross-project-dependencies-edit.png)
+
+Anyone who can edit a merge request can change the list of dependencies.
+
+New dependencies can be added by reference, or by URL. To remove a dependency,
+press the "X" by its reference.
+
+As dependencies are specified across projects, it's possible that someone else
+has added a dependency for a merge request in a project you don't have access to.
+These are shown as a simple count:
+
+![Cross-project dependencies form control with inaccessible merge requests](img/cross-project-dependencies-edit-inaccessible.png)
+
+If necessary, you can remove all the dependencies like this by pressing the "X",
+just as you would for a single, visible dependency.
+
+Once you're finished, press the "Save changes" button to submit the request, or
+"Cancel" to return without making any changes.
+
+The list of configured dependencies, and the status of each one, is shown in the
+merge request widget:
+
+![Cross-project dependencies in merge request widget](img/cross-project-dependencies-view.png)
+
+Until all dependencies have, themselves, been merged, the "Merge"
+button will be disabled for the dependent merge request. In
+particular, note that **closed** merge request still prevent their
+dependents from being merged - it is impossible to automatically
+determine whether the dependency expressed by a closed merge request
+has been satisfied in some other way or not.
+
+If a merge request has been closed **and** the dependency is no longer relevant,
+it must be removed as a dependency, following the instructions above, before
+merge.
+
+## Limitations
+
+* API support: [gitlab-ee#12551](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/12551)
+* Dependencies are not preserved across project export/import: [gitlab-ee#12549](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/12549)
+* Complex merge order dependencies are not supported: [gitlab-ee#11393](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/11393)
+
+The last item merits a little more explanation. Dependencies between merge
+requests can be described as a graph of relationships. The simplest possible
+graph has one merge request that depends upon another:
+
+```mermaid
+graph LR;
+    myfriend/awesome-lib!10-->mycorp/awesome-project!100;
+```
+
+A more complex (and still supported) graph might have one merge request that
+directly depends upon several others:
+
+```mermaid
+graph LR;
+    myfriend/awesome-lib!10-->mycorp/awesome-project!100;
+    herfriend/another-lib!1-->mycorp/awesome-project!100;
+```
+
+Several different merge requests can also directly depend upon the
+same merge request:
+
+
+```mermaid
+graph LR;
+    herfriend/another-lib!1-->myfriend/awesome-lib!10;
+    herfriend/another-lib!1-->mycorp/awesome-project!100;
+```
+
+What is **not** supported is a "deep", or "nested" graph of dependencies, e.g.:
+
+```mermaid
+graph LR;
+    herfriend/another-lib!1-->myfriend/awesome-lib!10;
+    myfriend/awesome-lib!10-->mycorp/awesome-project!100;
+```
+
+In this example, `myfriend/awesome-lib!10` depends on `herfriend/another-lib!1`,
+and is itself a dependent of `mycorp/awesome-project!100`. This means that
+`myfriend/awesome-lib!10` becomes an **indirect** dependency of
+`mycorp/awesome-project!100`, which is not yet supported.