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Clarify Sub-group vs. group CI variable precedence

Lee Matos requested to merge lbot-master-patch-62293 into master

What does this MR do and why?

The question:

A CI/CD variable precedence question I can’t find in the docs: If you specify VARIABLE1 in a group and VARIABLE1 with a different value in a subgroup….which will group-->subgroup-->project use?

The answer:

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-gold/duncan/api-test-group/test-project-46477-589/-/jobs/3132260136

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