It's a bad idea to use hash symbol in a yaml value without quotes

config/gitlab.yml.example

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ production: &base
     # If a commit message matches this regular expression, all issues referenced from the matched text will be closed.
     # This happens when the commit is pushed or merged into the default branch of a project.
     # When not specified the default issue_closing_pattern as specified below will be used.
-    # issue_closing_pattern: ([Cc]lose[sd]|[Ff]ixe[sd]) +#\d+
+    # issue_closing_pattern: "([Cc]lose[sd]|[Ff]ixe[sd]) +#\d+"
 
     ## Default project features settings
     default_projects_features: