Description

Bitbucket 4.x completely changed the branch permission model that previously existed with Stash. While Bitbucket still refers to the concept as Branch Permissions, the documentation actually indicates that the new model is really a branch restriction model - "... are actually restrictions, which are checked after project and repository level permissions". And, in fact, the model is restrictions with exceptions by groups or users. Keyed by restriction and matching type, different restrictions can be added.

...