%li prevent their creation, if not already created, from everybody except Masters
%li prevent their creation, if not already created, from everybody except Maintainers
%li prevent pushes from everybody except Masters
%li prevent pushes from everybody except Maintainers
%li prevent <strong>anyone</strong> from force pushing to the branch
%li prevent <strong>anyone</strong> from force pushing to the branch
%li prevent <strong>anyone</strong> from deleting the branch
%li prevent <strong>anyone</strong> from deleting the branch
%p Read more about #{link_to"protected branches",help_page_path("user/project/protected_branches")} and #{link_to"project permissions",help_page_path("user/permissions")}.
%p Read more about #{link_to"protected branches",help_page_path("user/project/protected_branches")} and #{link_to"project permissions",help_page_path("user/permissions")}.