Remember preference of disabling Settings Sync in the Web IDE

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The problem

The Web IDE uses the Settings Sync functionality to persist a user's preferences and installed extensions across web sessions and web browsers. Currently, the user can't disabled Settings Sync because this preference is stored in the Web Browser local storage and when the user signs out and signs in again, Settings Sync will be enabled by default.

Solution proposal

• Create a user preference in the GitLab application to remember the user's preference of disabling Settings Sync.
• Indicate to the user via some sort of alert that by disabling Settings Sync, they will lose their Web IDE's preferences and installed extensions.
• When the user disables Settings Sync in the Web IDE, store this preference and do not enable it automatically the next time that the user opens the Web IDE.