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Promote branch permissions

Related to https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/2624

Design

Promote trial or license activation for regular EE on-prem sites.
  • Admin
  • Having 'Start trial' button.
  • Learn more --> Link to the document, so users can know more about the feature.
  • Copy:
Protect your code with Protected Branches.

Permissions in GitLab are fundamentally defined around the idea of having read or write permission to 
the repository and branches. To prevent people from messing with history or pushing code without review, 
we've created protected branches. [Learn more]
  • Regular user
  • No 'Start trial' button.
  • Copy:
Protect your code with Protected Branches. Contact your Administrator to upgrade the license. 

Permissions in GitLab are fundamentally defined around the idea of having read or write permission to 
the repository and branches. To prevent people from messing with history or pushing code without review, 
we've created protected branches. [Learn more]
Admin Regular users
protected-branches-trial-admin protected-branches-trial-regular
For GitLab.com the feature promotion needs to go to purchase a GitLab.com plan
  • Admin
  • Having 'Upgrade now' button.
  • Copy:
Your trial license expires. Protected Branches is only available on Enterprise Edition.
  • Regular users
  • No 'Upgrade now' button.
  • Copy:
Your trial license expires. Protected Branches is only available on Enterprise Edition. Contact your Administrator 
to upgrade the license.
Admin Regular users
protected-branches-purchase-admin protected-branches-purchase-regular

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