# Permissions

Users have different abilities depending on the access level they have in a particular group or project.

If a user is both in a project group and in the project itself, the highest permission level is used.

If a user is a GitLab administrator they receive all permissions.

On public projects the Guest role is not enforced.
All users will be able to create issues, leave comments, and pull or download the project code.

To add or import a user, you can follow the [project users and members
documentation](../workflow/add-user/add-user.md).

## Project

| Action                                | Guest   | Reporter   | Developer   | Master   | Owner  |
|---------------------------------------|---------|------------|-------------|----------|--------|
| Create new issue                      | ✓       | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
| Leave comments                        | ✓       | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
| Pull project code                     |         | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
| Download project                      |         | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
| Create code snippets                  |         | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
| Manage issue tracker                  |         | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
| Manage labels                         |         | ✓          | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
| Manage merge requests                 |         |            | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
| Create new merge request              |         |            | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
| Create new branches                   |         |            | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
| Push to non-protected branches        |         |            | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
| Force push to non-protected branches  |         |            | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
| Remove non-protected branches         |         |            | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
| Add tags                              |         |            | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
| Write a wiki                          |         |            | ✓           | ✓        | ✓      |
| Create new milestones                 |         |            |             | ✓        | ✓      |
| Add new team members                  |         |            |             | ✓        | ✓      |
| Push to protected branches            |         |            |             | ✓        | ✓      |
| Enable/disable branch protection      |         |            |             | ✓        | ✓      |
| Turn on/off prot. branch push for devs|         |            |             | ✓        | ✓      |
| Rewrite/remove git tags               |         |            |             | ✓        | ✓      |
| Edit project                          |         |            |             | ✓        | ✓      |
| Add deploy keys to project            |         |            |             | ✓        | ✓      |
| Configure project hooks               |         |            |             | ✓        | ✓      |
| Switch visibility level               |         |            |             |          | ✓      |
| Transfer project to another namespace |         |            |             |          | ✓      |
| Remove project                        |         |            |             |          | ✓      |
| Force push to protected branches      |         |            |             |          |        |
| Remove protected branches             |         |            |             |          |        |

## Group

In order for a group to appear as public and be browsable, it must contain at
least one public project.

Any user can remove themselves from a group, unless they are the last Owner of the group.

| Action                  | Guest | Reporter | Developer | Master | Owner |
|-------------------------|-------|----------|-----------|--------|-------|
| Browse group            | ✓     | ✓        | ✓         | ✓      | ✓     |
| Edit group              |       |          |           |        | ✓     |
| Create project in group |       |          |           | ✓      | ✓     |
| Manage group members    |       |          |           |        | ✓     |
| Remove group            |       |          |           |        | ✓     |
