How to create a milestones in GitLab

Question

I'm kind of new to Git and I'm using a GitLab repository to track my issue list. I wanted to create milestones but I can not find where. Are milestones and issue tracking part of the git itself and not of Gitlab?

EDIT: This is my milestones page screenshot: There is no new Milestone button on it

Answer 1

Are milestones and issue tracking part of the git itself and not of Gitlab?

No, they are part of GitLab only, not git.

If that hasn't change from issue 339, you have a "new milestone" button in the Issues section, tab 'Milestones':

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As the OP Hoffmann reports: the presence of this button depends on your role (or abilities).

As you can see in ability.rb, only the ability 'master' allows to create / manage milestones:

def project_master_rules
  project_dev_rules + [
    :push_code_to_protected_branches,
    :modify_issue,
    :modify_project_snippet,
    :modify_merge_request,
    :admin_issue,
    :admin_milestone,                   <=============
    :admin_project_snippet,
    :admin_team_member,
    :admin_merge_request,
    :admin_note,
    :admin_wiki,
    :admin_project
  ]
end