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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Subject: Restricting access to a branch
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 16:36:16 -0700
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Is there some standard way to freeze a branch and not allow anymore changes to
be pushed?

Yes, I know it is possible by playing with hook files, but that doesn't seem
very admin friendly.