<!--IssueSummary start--> <details> <summary> Everyone can contribute. [Help move this issue forward](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/developer-relations/contributor-success/community-contributors-workflows/#contributor-links) while earning points, leveling up and collecting rewards. </summary> - [Close this issue](https://contributors.gitlab.com/manage-issue?action=close&projectId=278964&issueIid=442213) </details> <!--IssueSummary end--> ### Proposal Actually I can protect a branch from a merge request by specifying users or roles. It could be useful to protect a branch from a merge request by specifying source branch (with wildcard), for example: - I don't want source branch named develop to be merged to any release/* - I don't want source branch named hotfix/* to be merged to develop