Branch restriction - custom settings changes via API

[Elena Dzhordzhilova]

Dear Bitbucket Community, 

I have a question regarding branch restrictions - I created new branch restriction via the API. The group which I white listed for push has also rights to delete or rewrite the branch. If the restriction is created via the interface, those settings are not marked by default and I would want to disable them via the API. I looked for flags, related with the custom settings, where they appear when are in use, but I did not find anything. This is the payload which I use with POST request to create the branch restriction:

 

{
        "type": "branch",
        "branch_match_kind": "glob",

        "users": [],
        "groups": [
            {
                "slug": "my-team",
                "type": "group"

            }
        ],
        "kind": "push",
        "pattern": "elena-branch",
    }
)

Even with default_permission and account_privilege flag, the permissions for delete and rewrite branch histrory are still active:

{
    "branch_match_kind": "glob",
    "groups": [{
        "default_permission": "read",
        "account_privilege": "read",
        "name": "my-team",
        "slug": "my-team",
        "type": "group"
    }],
    "kind": "push",
    "pattern": "elena-branch"
}

[Mark C · Accepted solution]

Hi @Elena Dzhordzhilova,

Thank you for reaching out to the community.

I understand that you'd like to uncheck the two branch restriction settings below via API:

• "Allow rewriting branch history"
• "Allow deleting this branch"

If that's correct, you can uncheck those settings by running two POST commands specifically changing the parameter "kind":

To uncheck "Allow rewriting branch history", you can use the CURL command below:

curl -u bb_username:app_password -X POST -k -H 'Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8' --data '{"kind": "force", "branch_match_kind": "glob", "pattern": "elena-branch"}' https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/workspace_id/repo_name/branch-restrictions

To uncheck "Allow deleting this branch", you can use the CURL command below:

curl -u bb_username:app_password -X POST -k -H 'Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8' --data '{"kind": "delete", "branch_match_kind": "glob", "pattern": "elena-branch"}' https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/workspace_id/repo_name/branch-restrictions

I hope it helps and let me know how it goes.

Regards,
Mark C

[Elena Dzhordzhilova]

Hello @Mark C !

Thank you a lot for the help!

Both POST commands worked as expected and the functionalities are disabled for the desired branch! 

Best Regards, 

Elena