Looking at the REST API, I see that when sending this request:
POST /projects/1234/protected_branches
I can specify the access to be limited to groups:
{
"name": "dev",
"allowed_to_push": [
],
"allowed_to_merge": [
{
"group_id": 12345
}
],
"allowed_to_unprotect": []
}
First of all, I don’t see the possibility of doing this from the web page. And secondly, when I try to set this access level, I get an error:
{
"message": [
"Cannot add users or groups unless they have access to the project"
]
}
Based on the error message, I think the problem is that the provided group_id does not have access to the mentioned project which I don’t understand what it means! I tested this with different group_ids. First I tried with the same group’s ID that the project belongs to. Then I tried one level higher, the parent group. And then I used the child group:
Parent group (<-- tested with this group_id)
|
--- Group (<-- tested with this group_id)
|
--- Repository (git project)
|
--- Child group (<-- tested with this group_id)
And in all of the cases, I faced the same error message. Can someone please explain to me how the group_id in protected branches is supposed to work?