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Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> writes:

> 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.

If you do not want to use hooks, then the answer is no.  Sorry.