RFR: 1173: Dependent PR feature does not work with protected branches in newer Gitlab version [v2]

[Erik Joelsson]

On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 21:07:32 GMT, Erik Joelsson <erikj at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> bots/tester/src/test/java/org/openjdk/skara/bots/tester/InMemoryHostedRepository.java line 177:
>> 
>>> 175:     @Override
>>> 176:     public void protectBranchPattern(String ref) {
>>> 177:     }
>> 
>> The name of this method is protectBranchPattern, but I think it actually protects a specific branch rather than a pattern.
>
> Hm, on GitLab the underlying call takes a pattern, but now that I think about it, on GitHub it doesn't. There you have to use GraphQL to add pattern based protection. I should change this method to reflect that. We aren't using patterns anyway.

I take that back. I see now that I chose not to implement this on GitHub at all since we don't need it. This does take a branch pattern, which are supported by both GitHub and GitLab in the web UI.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/skara/pull/1452