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diff --git a/doc/user/project/merge_requests/authorization_for_merge_requests.md b/doc/user/project/merge_requests/authorization_for_merge_requests.md index aa43d34cdd9..930df65f3fc 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/merge_requests/authorization_for_merge_requests.md +++ b/doc/user/project/merge_requests/authorization_for_merge_requests.md @@ -16,17 +16,17 @@ There are two main ways to have a merge request flow with GitLab: With the protected branch flow everybody works within the same GitLab project. -The project maintainers get Maintainer access and the regular developers get -Developer access. +The project maintainers get the [Maintainer role](../../permissions.md) and the regular developers +get Developer access. -The maintainers mark the authoritative branches as 'Protected'. +Maintainers mark the authoritative branches as 'Protected'. -The developers push feature branches to the project and create merge requests +Developers push feature branches to the project and create merge requests to have their feature branches reviewed and merged into one of the protected branches. -By default, only users with Maintainer access can merge changes into a protected -branch. +By default, only users with the [Maintainer role](../../permissions.md) can merge changes into a +protected branch. **Advantages** @@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ branch. ## Forking workflow -With the forking workflow the maintainers get Maintainer access and the regular +With the forking workflow, maintainers get the [Maintainer role](../../permissions.md) and regular developers get Reporter access to the authoritative repository, which prohibits them from pushing any changes to it. Developers create forks of the authoritative project and push their feature branches to their own forks. -To get their changes into master they need to create a merge request across +To get their changes into the default branch, they need to create a merge request across forks. **Advantages** |