Merge branch 'fix-long-blob-timeout' into 'master'

Fix timeout when rendering file with thousands of lines.

Addresses internal issue https://dev.gitlab.org/gitlab/gitlabhq/issues/2354.

See merge request !771

CHANGELOG

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 v 7.12.0 (unreleased)
+  - Fix timeout when rendering file with thousands of lines.
   - Don't notify users mentioned in code blocks or blockquotes.
   - Omit link to generate labels if user does not have access to create them (Stan Hu)
   - Disable changing of the source branch in merge request update API (Stan Hu)

app/views/shared/_file_highlight.html.haml

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
       - blob.data.lines.to_a.size.times do |index|
         - offset = defined?(first_line_number) ? first_line_number : 1
         - i = index + offset
-        = link_to "#L#{i}", id: "L#{i}", rel: "#L#{i}" do
+        / We're not using `link_to` because it is too slow once we get to thousands of lines.
+        %a{href: "#L#{i}", id: "L#{i}", rel: "#L#{i}"}
           %i.fa.fa-link
           = i
   :preserve