Reserved project and group names

Not all project & group names are allowed because they would conflict with existing routes used by GitLab.

For a list of words that are not allowed to be used as group or project names, see the path_regex.rb file under the TOP_LEVEL_ROUTES, PROJECT_WILDCARD_ROUTES and GROUP_ROUTES lists:

TOP_LEVEL_ROUTES: are names that are reserved as usernames or top level groups
PROJECT_WILDCARD_ROUTES: are names that are reserved for child groups or projects.
GROUP_ROUTES: are names that are reserved for all groups or projects.

Reserved project names

It is currently not possible to create a project with the following names:

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badges
blame
blob
builds
commits
create
create_dir
edit
environments/folders
files
find_file
gitlab-lfs/objects
info/lfs/objects
new
preview
raw
refs
tree
update
wikis

Reserved group names

Currently the following names are reserved as top level groups:

503.html
-
.well-known
404.html
422.html
500.html
502.html
abuse_reports
admin
api
apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png
apple-touch-icon.png
files
assets
autocomplete
ci
dashboard
deploy.html
explore
favicon.ico
favicon.png
groups
header_logo_dark.png
header_logo_light.png
health_check
help
import
invites
jwt
notification_settings
oauth
profile
projects
public
robots.txt
s
search
sent_notifications
slash-command-logo.png
snippets
u
unicorn_test
unsubscribes
uploads
users

These group names are unavailable as subgroup names:

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activity
analytics
audit_events
avatar
edit
group_members
hooks
issues
labels
ldap
ldap_group_links
merge_requests
milestones
notification_setting
pipeline_quota
projects
subgroups