Branches: condense multiple sections, strip old images
What does this MR do?
Significant revision to https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/repository/branches/ which is old and crusty. Prep work for what I know is coming in 15.11.
- Renames subheads in accordance with style guide
- Strips out some painfully old images
- Condenses three subheadings into one. Another couple of cases of "every time a new field was added, we added a new subheading."
- Polishes random phrasing in a few places.
Doesn't complete the page, but brings it much more in line with current expectations, and will allow the %15.11 work to flow more easily.
Related issues
Related to Better display of tags and branches in commit d... (#325871 - closed) - this merge request helps prepare a better landing place for the revamp that will happen in %15.11.
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