### Description When creating merge requests it should be possible to create protected branches if you have permission to merge to a named branch. This would allow a workflow where branch creation is subject to peer review. Today this permission is difficult to achieve as issues gitlab-ce#22638 and gitlab-ce!8458 show. ### Proposal Allow merge requests to target new branches, as long as the user has permission to merge to that branch. ### Links / references ### Documentation blurb #### Overview #### Use cases Branch creation should be reviewed. ### Feature checklist