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sidebar_position: 4
description: "Protect branches"
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# gt branch protect

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Protect branches

## Synopsis

```text
Add a protection rule for each existing branch, or with --pattern for every branch matching a
glob. By default nobody can push directly and pull requests need one approving review.

When a branch or pattern has a rule already, change only the settings the flags name and keep
the others; --allow-push replaces those who may push directly.
```

```
gt branch protect <branch>... [flags]
```

## Examples

```
# Require two approvals and passing CI on main
$ gt branch protect main --required-approvals 2 --status-check ci/build

# Let the release team push to every release branch
$ gt branch protect --pattern 'release/*' --allow-push acme/release
```

## Options

```
      --allow-push strings          Users, or teams as ORG/TEAM, that may push directly
      --block-on-rejected-reviews   Block merging while changes are requested
      --dismiss-stale-approvals     Dismiss approvals when new commits are pushed
  -h, --help                        help for protect
      --pattern string              Protect the branches matching this glob, such as release/*
      --required-approvals int      Approving reviews that pull requests need (default 1)
      --status-check strings        Status checks that must pass (repeatable)
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --cwd directory       Working directory for repository discovery
      --debug               Log the method, URL, status, and duration of each HTTP request to stderr
      --host URL            Gitea instance URL, including any base path
      --interactive         Allow prompts with machine output
  -q, --jq expression       Filter JSON output using a jq expression; implies --json
      --json fields[="*"]   Output JSON with the specified comma-separated fields, or all fields
      --no-input            Disable prompts and implicit editor/browser interactions
      --remote remote       Git remote used for repository discovery
  -R, --repo OWNER/REPO     Select a repository as OWNER/REPO or URL
      --sudo user           Perform API requests as this user (requires an administrator account)
      --user name           Account name on the selected instance
  -y, --yes                 Accept confirmations without prompting
```

## SEE ALSO

* [gt branch](../branch/index.md): Manage remote branches and protection rules