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Branch permission patterns
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Bitbucket Server supports a powerful type of pattern syntax for matching branch names (similar to pattern matching in Apache Ant).
These expressions use the following wild cards:
? | Matches one character (any character except path separators) |
| Matches zero or more characters (not including path separators) |
| Matches zero or more path segments. |
Pattern used in branch permissions match against all refs pushed to Bitbucket Server (i.e. branches and tags).
In git, branch and tag names can be nested in a namespace by using directory syntax within your branch names, e.g. stable/1.1. The '**' wild card selector enables you to match arbitrary directories.
- A pattern can contain any number of wild cards.
- If the pattern ends with
/then**is automatically appended - e.g.foo/will match any branches or tags containing afoopath segment - Patterns only need to match a suffix of the fully qualified branch or tag name. Fully qualified branch names look like
refs/heads/master, while fully qualified tags look likerefs/tags/1.1.
Also see the Ant documentation.
Examples
* | Matches everything |
PROJECT-* | Matches and branch or tag named PROJECT-*, even in a name space. e.g. refs/heads/PROJECT-1234, refs/heads/stable/PROJECT-new or refs/tags/PROJECT-1.1 |
?.? | Matches any branch or tag of 2 characters separated by a '.'. e.g. refs/heads/1.1, refs/heads/stable/2.X or refs/tags/3.1 |
tags/ or tags/** | Matches all tags and any branches with 'tags' as a namespace. e.g. refs/heads/stable/tags/some_branch, refs/tags/project-1.1.0 |
heads/**/master | Matches all branches called master. e.g. refs/heads/master, refs/heads/stable/master |
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