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GitLab: comfortable issue reading width

Caps the issue description at about 80 characters wide so long paragraphs read more comfortably.

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/* Limit issue description to a comfortable reading width */
.detail-page-description .md,
.issue-details .description .md {
  max-width: 80ch !important;
}
.issue-details .description .md img {
  max-width: 100% !important;
}

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