gitlab-org--gitlab-foss/doc/api/protected_branches.md

Protected branches API

Note: This feature was introduced in GitLab 9.5

Valid access levels

The access levels are defined in the ProtectedRefAccess::ALLOWED_ACCESS_LEVELS constant. Currently, these levels are recognized:

0  => No access
30 => Developer access
40 => Maintainer access

List protected branches

Gets a list of protected branches from a project.

GET /projects/:id/protected_branches

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" 'https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/protected_branches'

Example response:

[
  {
    "name": "master",
    "push_access_levels": [
      {
        "access_level": 40,
        "access_level_description": "Maintainers"
      }
    ],
    "merge_access_levels": [
      {
        "access_level": 40,
        "access_level_description": "Maintainers"
      }
    ]
  },
  ...
]

Get a single protected branch or wildcard protected branch

Gets a single protected branch or wildcard protected branch.

GET /projects/:id/protected_branches/:name

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
name	string	yes	The name of the branch or wildcard

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" 'https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/protected_branches/master'

Example response:

{
  "name": "master",
  "push_access_levels": [
    {
      "access_level": 40,
      "access_level_description": "Maintainers"
    }
  ],
  "merge_access_levels": [
    {
      "access_level": 40,
      "access_level_description": "Maintainers"
    }
  ]
}

Protect repository branches

Protects a single repository branch or several project repository branches using a wildcard protected branch.

POST /projects/:id/protected_branches

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" 'https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/protected_branches?name=*-stable&push_access_level=30&merge_access_level=30'

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
name	string	yes	The name of the branch or wildcard
push_access_level	string	no	Access levels allowed to push (defaults: 40, maintainer access level)
merge_access_level	string	no	Access levels allowed to merge (defaults: 40, maintainer access level)

Example response:

{
  "name": "*-stable",
  "push_access_levels": [
    {
      "access_level": 30,
      "access_level_description": "Developers + Maintainers"
    }
  ],
  "merge_access_levels": [
    {
      "access_level": 30,
      "access_level_description": "Developers + Maintainers"
    }
  ]
}

Unprotect repository branches

Unprotects the given protected branch or wildcard protected branch.

DELETE /projects/:id/protected_branches/:name

curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" 'https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/protected_branches/*-stable'

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
name	string	yes	The name of the branch