[REQ] Add the ability to view and update the protected branches for a project

[DavidShelbs]

Is your request related to a workflow problem?

Right now there is no way to manage protected branches via wildcards (e.g. release/*), and we need to scan our feature branches for new vulnerabilities when a PR is opened up with a release branch. The only option for managing protected branches that I have found is through the web UI so this becomes very tedious when dealing with a fast release cycle as the number of projects grows.

Propose a solution

I would like a CLI command for retrieving the current protected branches set for a project, as well as the ability to add or remove protected branches from that list.

Additional comments

The option to set protected branches using wildcards would be another solution to the problem I am facing but I'm not sure if that is a viable solution on the back end.