Summary of the release:<p>- The first iteration of Merge Trains [1] is released, allowing merges in the pipeline queue to run in parallel<p>- Merge requests for confidential issues [2]: there is now the ability to mark MRs on confidential issues as confidential, instead of having to work in a private repo<p>- Automated Let’s Encrypt certificates for GitLab Pages [3]<p>- Git object deduplication [4]<p>- Deploy Boards for Kubernetes clusters at the Group [5] and Instance [6] level<p>- Assigning groups as code owners [7]<p>[1] <a href="https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/merge_request_pipelines/pipelines_for_merged_results/merge_trains/index.html" rel="nofollow">https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/merge_request_pipelines/pipeli...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/2019/07/22/gitlab-12-1-released/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#merge-requests-for-confidential-issues" rel="nofollow">https://about.gitlab.com/2019/07/22/gitlab-12-1-released/?ut...</a><p>[3] <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/2019/07/22/gitlab-12-1-released/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#automatic-https-for-pages-with-lets-encrypt" rel="nofollow">https://about.gitlab.com/2019/07/22/gitlab-12-1-released/?ut...</a><p>[4] <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/2019/07/22/gitlab-12-1-released/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#git-object-deduplication" rel="nofollow">https://about.gitlab.com/2019/07/22/gitlab-12-1-released/?ut...</a><p>[5] <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/2019/07/22/gitlab-12-1-released/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#deploy-boards-for-group-level-kubernetes-clusters" rel="nofollow">https://about.gitlab.com/2019/07/22/gitlab-12-1-released/?ut...</a><p>[6] <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/2019/07/22/gitlab-12-1-released/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#deploy-boards-for-instance-level-kubernetes-clusters" rel="nofollow">https://about.gitlab.com/2019/07/22/gitlab-12-1-released/?ut...</a><p>[7] <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/2019/07/22/gitlab-12-1-released/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#assign-groups-as-code-owners" rel="nofollow">https://about.gitlab.com/2019/07/22/gitlab-12-1-released/?ut...</a>