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What does this pull request change?

This PR adds a WARNING block to the Secret and ConfigMap mounting procedures. It informs users and administrators that applying or modifying resources with the controller.devfile.io/mount-to-devworkspace: 'true' label triggers an immediate restart of all running workspaces in the affected namespace to apply the configuration.

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Referenced Jira: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/CRW-9859

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[WARNING]
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Applying a Secret or ConfigMap with the `controller.devfile.io/mount-to-devworkspace: 'true'` label (or modifying an existing one) triggers an immediate restart of all running workspaces in that {namespace} by applying the configuration. Ensure users have saved their work before applying these changes.
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Applying a Secret or ConfigMap with the `controller.devfile.io/mount-to-devworkspace: 'true'` label (or modifying an existing one) triggers an immediate restart of all running workspaces in that {namespace} by applying the configuration. Ensure users have saved their work before applying these changes.
Applying or modifying a `Secret` or `ConfigMap` with the `controller.devfile.io/mount-to-devworkspace: 'true'` label restarts all running workspaces in the namespace. Ensure that users save their work before you apply these changes.


[WARNING]
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Applying a Secret or ConfigMap with the `controller.devfile.io/mount-to-devworkspace: 'true'` label (or modifying an existing one) triggers an immediate restart of all running workspaces in that {namespace} to apply the configuration. Ensure users have saved their work before applying these changes.
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Applying a Secret or ConfigMap with the `controller.devfile.io/mount-to-devworkspace: 'true'` label (or modifying an existing one) triggers an immediate restart of all running workspaces in that {namespace} to apply the configuration. Ensure users have saved their work before applying these changes.
Applying or modifying a `Secret` or `ConfigMap` with the `controller.devfile.io/mount-to-devworkspace: 'true'` label restarts all running workspaces in the namespace. Ensure that users save their work before you apply these changes..


[WARNING]
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Applying a Secret or ConfigMap with the `controller.devfile.io/mount-to-devworkspace: 'true'` label (or modifying an existing one) triggers an immediate restart of all running workspaces in that {namespace} by applying the configuration. Ensure users have saved their work before applying these changes.
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Applying a Secret or ConfigMap with the `controller.devfile.io/mount-to-devworkspace: 'true'` label (or modifying an existing one) triggers an immediate restart of all running workspaces in that {namespace} by applying the configuration. Ensure users have saved their work before applying these changes.
Applying or modifying a `Secret` or `ConfigMap` with the `controller.devfile.io/mount-to-devworkspace: 'true'` label restarts all running workspaces in the namespace. Ensure that users save their work before you apply these changes.

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