Setting long-lived branch pattern

This section explains how to define a long-lived branches name pattern in SonarQube Cloud at your organization level.

This feature is only available in the Enterprise plan.

As an organization admin, you can set the long-lived branch name pattern at the organization level provided you have an Enterprise plan organization. The organization-level pattern applies by default to all projects. If the project admin sets a custom pattern for their project, this pattern overrides the organization’s pattern. See Long-lived branch pattern for more information.

Introduction to the long-lived branches name pattern

SonarQube Cloud considers a branch to be long-lived if:

• It is the main branch, or
• Its name matches the long-lived branch name pattern.

All other branches are considered short-lived.

The type of a branch (long-lived or short-lived) is set during its first analysis and cannot be changed afterward.

The name pattern is based on a regular expression. For example, the regular expression (branch|release)-.* matches any branch name that begins with the string branch- or release-.

If you don’t set any pattern at the organization level, the default pattern (branch|release)-.* applies.* *You can reset the organization pattern to this value.

Setting a long-lived branches pattern for your organization

To set the long-lived branches pattern of your organization:

1. Retrieve your organization. See Retrieving your organizations for more details.
2. Go to Administration > Organization settings.
3. In Branch > Long-lived branches detection, enter your regular expression.
4. Select Save.

Resetting the organization-level pattern to its default

1. Retrieve your organization. See Retrieving your organizations for more details.
2. Go to Administration > Organization settings.
3. In Branch > Long-lived branches detection, select reset. The pattern is reset to (branch|release)-.*.