Can gitolite prevent branch deletes?

Question

Is it possible to set up gitolite acls to allow a user to read, write, and push, but not to delete branches?

Answer 1

You should be able to use as a general rule for all repositories:

repo @all
    RWCD dummy-branch = foo

The 'D' is a "deletion" type of permission, which will authorize the deletion of a dummy-branch, but will make all your existing RW+ rule deny deletion (because they don't have a 'D')