How can I set 2 approvals specific to a branch for 2 different conditions on project level

Question

I want 2 approvals before merging a PR for a specific branch on project level settings with following conditions.

1. One approval from one of the five DLs (group of users to review) that we have

2. Second approval should be open to everyone who is having access to our project.

I did find some settings but these are being applied to all the branches. Is there any way where I can get the required setting specific to a branch ?

Ulrich Kuhnhardt _IzymesCo_ · Answer

Thanks for giving Workzone a try!

As for the 'script' you're asking for in your post - check out Forge based merge-checks that have just been released.

I think you did set up Workzone correctly by adding the DL group with 1 required approval and a total of 2 required approvals (in branch restrictions) for the main branch.

I don't quite understand how branch restrictions for the 'main' branch can be applied to other branches! That should not be the case! Settings for example for PR target branches 'main' and 'develop' should look like this

It would be great if you could define branch restrictions as '!main' to cover all other branches, but to my knowledge this pattern is not supported.

As a general best practice it's probably enough to protect only important shared branches like 'main', 'develop', 'release/**' etc - which you can easily add on project or repository level. (Workzone also allows for Workspace level configuration that is applied to all projects and repos, if not overridden by specific Workzone project or repo settings.)

Vaishnav Raam · Answer

Does bitbucket support any script where a merge script with required condition can be used?

Vaishnav Raam · Answer

Thanks @Ulrich Kuhnhardt _IzymesCo_ I also have tried workzone but didn't work for me or may be I haven't found the correct settings.

1. I have set minimum number of required approvals to 2.

2. In Workzone Settings - under Approvals I have added the five DLs to Main branch and under Merge I have set minimum approval from Main branch to 1.

These settings are correct being applied to Main branch but overall 2 approvals is also being applied to other branches.

Is there any other settings where the minimum of 2 approvals with one mandate from one of the five DLs can be added to only Main branch and other branches are free from all these approvals? Could you please help?