From d2d0aea8a1440e54d35a9c2fb1c868071cd340d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wendell Sun <iwendellsun@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 18:10:03 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix the protected branch panic issue (#3567)

---
 models/branches.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/models/branches.go b/models/branches.go
index d1921d550009..0a3d19858bbd 100644
--- a/models/branches.go
+++ b/models/branches.go
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ func (repo *Repository) GetProtectedBranches() ([]*ProtectedBranch, error) {
 
 // IsProtectedBranch checks if branch is protected
 func (repo *Repository) IsProtectedBranch(branchName string, doer *User) (bool, error) {
+	if doer == nil {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+
 	protectedBranch := &ProtectedBranch{
 		RepoID:     repo.ID,
 		BranchName: branchName,