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diff --git a/doc/user/admin_area/merge_requests_approvals.md b/doc/user/admin_area/merge_requests_approvals.md index 8f51c03e105..fb9ca21a214 100644 --- a/doc/user/admin_area/merge_requests_approvals.md +++ b/doc/user/admin_area/merge_requests_approvals.md @@ -5,51 +5,29 @@ info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated w type: reference, concepts --- -# Instance-level merge request approval rules **(PREMIUM ONLY)** +# Merge request approval rules **(PREMIUM ONLY)** > Introduced in [GitLab Premium](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/39060) 12.8. -Merge request approvals rules prevent users overriding certain settings on a project -level. When configured, only administrators can change these settings on a project level -if they are enabled at an instance level. +Merge request approval rules prevent users from overriding certain settings on the project +level. When enabled at the instance level, these settings are no longer editable on the +project level. To enable merge request approval rules for an instance: 1. Navigate to **Admin Area >** **{push-rules}** **Push Rules** and expand **Merge - requests approvals**. +requests approvals**. 1. Set the required rule. 1. Click **Save changes**. -GitLab administrators can later override these settings in a project’s settings. - ## Available rules Merge request approval rules that can be set at an instance level are: - **Prevent approval of merge requests by merge request author**. Prevents project - maintainers from allowing request authors to merge their own merge requests. +maintainers from allowing request authors to merge their own merge requests. - **Prevent approval of merge requests by merge request committers**. Prevents project - maintainers from allowing users to approve merge requests if they have submitted - any commits to the source branch. -- **Prevent users from modifying merge request approvers list**. Prevents project - maintainers from allowing users to modify the approvers list in project settings - or in individual merge requests. - -## Scope rules to compliance-labeled projects - -> Introduced in [GitLab Premium](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/3432) 13.2. - -Merge request approval rules can be further scoped to specific compliance frameworks. - -When the compliance framework label is selected and the project is assigned the compliance -label, the instance-level MR approval settings will take effect and the -[project-level settings](../project/merge_requests/merge_request_approvals.md#adding--editing-a-default-approval-rule) -is locked for modification. - -When the compliance framework label is not selected or the project is not assigned the -compliance label, the project-level MR approval settings will take effect and the users with -Maintainer role and above can modify these. - -| Instance-level | Project-level | -| -------------- | ------------- | -|  |  | +maintainers from allowing users to approve merge requests if they have submitted +any commits to the source branch. +- **Prevent users from modifying merge request approvers list**. Prevents users from +modifying the approvers list in project settings or in individual merge requests. |