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 # Other
 
 ## Configuration
-Configuration `.env` files are stored in this repositories' Gitalb CI variables.
+Configuration `.env` files are stored in this repositories' Gitalb CI variables. Check the [documentation](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/variables/#for-a-project) on Gitlab for more info.
 It's called `DOT_ENV` and follows the same structure as the [ldvspec.example.env](ldvspec/ldvspec.example.env) file:
 
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