Allow writes access to a restricted branch (master) to the default git user

Question

Hi there,

How can I control the access level of the default git user in BitBucket?

I am using ssh keys to authenticate our jenkins instance towards BitBucket. I want to limit write access to our master branch (making it read only for all users), but this makes it impossible to create new tags etc.

How can I allow the git (ssh key authenticated) user to write to the master branch, without everyone else can write to the same branch?

/Tue

TueDissing · Answer

Hi Ana,

Thanks. I know of this, but this will not help me in this case.

I need to control the access rights for the git user. The default user used when performing a clone operation using a private key.

I want to permit "normal" users from changing the branch and our jenkins build server to write to our master branch (creating tags, branches etc).

How can I do that?

Ana Retamal · Answer

Hi Tue, do you know about branch permissions? Branch permissions allow you to control which users or groups can write or merge to any branch and create permissions for a specific branch pattern.

If you want to learn more, you can read Branch permissions and Using branch permissions.

Let us know if you have questions!

Cheers,

Ana