Correct permissions entry on deleting protected branch
What does this MR do?
Corrrects the permissions table entry on deleting a protected branch. The documentation currently states that no-one can do so. In fact, anyone with at least Maintainer permissions can delete a protected branch, but only using either the UI or API.
Note: I consulted Ash McKenzie, Staff Backend Engineer in the Source Code group to verify the permissions.
After doing some local testing, Ash replied:
I've confirmed that Maintainer+ can delete a protected branch via the UI / API but not via the command line, e.g. git push origin --delete :
$ git push origin --delete test-protected-delete remote: GitLab: You can only delete protected branches using the web interface. To ssh://gdk.test:2222/root/lfs-mirror-test.git ! [remote rejected] test-protected-delete (pre-receive hook declined) error: failed to push some refs to 'ssh://gdk.test:2222/root/lfs-mirror-test.git'
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