# Protected branches and required status checks

<https://github.com/blog/2051-protected-branches-and-required-status-checks>

- Host: [github.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/github.com/)
- Saved: September 3, 2015 (2015-09-03T17:29:04Z)
- Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b663085f00f9/
- JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b663085f00f9.json

## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

Over the next few weeks we’ll be rolling out a new feature called Protected Branches which gives repository administrators the ability to disable force pushes to specific branches.

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Same host

- [walkr/oi · GitHub](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/126637ebe129/) (github.com, June 6, 2015)
- [deaghean/omnifocus-perspective-icons](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/dd8802b06201/) (github.com, June 12, 2015)
- [GitHub supports Universal 2nd Factor authentication · GitHub](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/cb05e35d884f/) (github.com, October 4, 2015)
- [Start Learning Git and GitHub Today with Self-Paced Training](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/87b3b893dbc3/) (github.com, October 30, 2015)
- [credstash](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9688b212a364/) (github.com, November 29, 2015)

## Saved the same week

- [Building LinkedIn's New Engineering Bootcamp | LinkedIn Engineering](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f3427c359cca/) (engineering.linkedin.com, September 2, 2015)
- [Hello Future Pastebin Readers — The Message — Medium](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/81552e9796f8/) (medium.com, September 2, 2015)
- [Enterprise DevOps: Why You Should Run What You Build — AWS Enterprise Collection — Medium](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e0640761a043/) (medium.com, September 2, 2015)
- [swagger.io](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/945df829ab1c/) (swagger.io, September 3, 2015)
- ['NeuroTribes' Examines The History — And Myths — Of The Autism Spectrum](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/6c83f9ab8295/) (npr.org, September 4, 2015)

## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://github.com/blog/2051-protected-branches-and-required-status-checks