Need to restrict new feature branch naming standard

[Sonam.Moga1]

Is it possible to restrict new feature branch creation with a naming standard (use similar regex /[A-Z]{2,}-\d+/g) for Bitbucket or another method maybe via webhook?

Thanks! 

[Theodora Boudale]

Hi @Sonam.Moga1,

I'm afraid there is no such feature available in Bitbucket Cloud. We have a feature request that you can vote for and watch here:

• https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BCLOUD-21943

Webhooks can send a request to a server of yours after a certain event occurs. For example, if you use push as a trigger, the webhook will send a request after a push is made, so it cannot prevent the push.

You could use a webhook with a push trigger to check the name of the branch that is pushed, and in case it doesn't match a specific pattern, use our API to delete the branch:

• https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/bitbucket/rest/api-group-refs/#api-repositories-workspace-repo-slug-refs-branches-name-delete

Please keep in mind the following:

• This might be a risky approach, because if something is not set up properly in this implementation, the automation may end up deleting branches that you actually want to keep. You may want to use branch restrictions in a repo or project to ensure that certain branches can never be deleted.
• If you go with this approach, you may also want to configure your system to send (to the user who performed the push) an email or a message in a messaging app your team uses, mentioning that their branch was deleted, and that they'll need to rename it locally to match your naming standard and then push again.

Kind regards,
Theodora

[Saxea _Flowie_]

Hi @Sonam.Moga1 ,

I recently answered a similar question here, which can be helpful to you as well.