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Create and Protect a Release Branch

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Recipe · 2 steps

Create and Protect a Release Branch

with GitLab · Software Construction Management
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Create a branch and then protect it in a single flow.

  1. Create the branch from the supplied ref.
  2. Protect the freshly created branch, setting whether developers may push and merge.
What you'll need to have ready
  • privateToken: GitLab Private-Token used to authenticate the API calls.
  • projectId: The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
  • branch: The name of the branch to create and protect.
  • ref: The ref (branch name or commit sha) to create the branch from.
  • developersCanPush: Whether developers can push to the protected branch.
  • developersCanMerge: Whether developers can merge into the protected branch.
For your developer

Arazzo workflow gitlab:create-and-protect-branch, 2 operations: postApiV4ProjectsIdRepositoryBranches → putApiV4ProjectsIdRepositoryBranchesBranchProtect. Specs on APIs.io.

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