Commit 1fea6ccc authored by Matt Penna's avatar Matt Penna Committed by Evan Read

Docs: Clarified project membership terminology

parent a52935fb
......@@ -68,22 +68,26 @@ invitation, change their access level, or even delete them.
Once the user accepts the invitation, they will be prompted to create a new
GitLab account using the same e-mail address the invitation was sent to.
## Request access to a project
## Project membership and requesting access
As a project owner you can enable or disable non members to request access to
your project. Go to the project settings and click on **Allow users to request access**.
Project owners can :
As a user, you can request to be a member of a project. Go to the project you'd
like to be a member of, and click the **Request Access** button on the right
- Allow non-members to request access to the project.
- Prevent non-members from requesting access.
To configure this, go to the project settings and click on **Allow users to request access**.
GitLab users can request to become a member of a project. Go to the project you'd
like to be a member of and click the **Request Access** button on the right
side of your screen.
![Request access button](img/request_access_button.png)
Once access is requested:
After access is requested:
- Up to ten project maintainers are notified of your request via email.
- Up to ten project maintainers are notified of the request via email.
Email is sent to the most recently active project maintainers.
- Any project maintainer can approve or decline your request on the members page.
- Any project maintainer can approve or decline the request on the members page.
NOTE: **Note:**
If a project does not have any maintainers, the notification is sent to the
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