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# Protected branches
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Permission in GitLab are fundamentally defined around the idea of having read or write permission to the repository and branches.
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To prevent people from messing with history or pushing code without review, we've created protected branches.
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A protected branch does three simple things:
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* it prevents pushes from everybody except users with Master permission
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* it prevents anyone from force pushing to the branch
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* it prevents anyone from deleting the branch
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You can make any branch a protected branch. GitLab makes the master branch a protected branch by default.
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To protect a branch, user needs to have at least a Master permission level, see [permissions document](permissions/permissions.md).
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Navigate to project settings page and select `protected branches`. From the `Branch` dropdown menu select the branch you want to protect.
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Some workflows, like [GitLab workflow](gitlab_flow.md), require all users with write access to submit a Merge request in order to get the code into a protected branch.
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Since Masters and Owners can already push to protected branches, that means Developers cannot push to protected branch and need to submit a Merge request.
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However, there are workflows where that is not needed and only protecting from force pushes and branch removal is useful.
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For those workflows, you can allow everyone with write access to push to a protected branch by selecting `Developers can push` check box.
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On already protected branches you can also allow developers to push to the repository by selecting the `Developers can push` check box.
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