merge-check: documentation

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RW+ can no longer delete a ref; it can only rewind
* (RWCD and RW+CD, which is just a combination of these two)
Even later, [gitolite acquired][mergecheck], if you want to enforce a
rebase-only workflow.
The following sections dig deeper into the syntax and semantics of the access
control rules and other configuration directives in the `gitolite.conf` file.
If narrative descriptions scare you, or your English is not upto scratch, try
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where foo can be either the administrator, or if you can ignore the
warning message when you push, a non-existant user.
### #mergecheck enforcing a no-merges policy
Some people want to enforce a no-merges policy for various reasons. This can
be done by suffixing an "M" to the permissions, so for instance, `RW` becomes
`RWM`, and `RW+` becomes `RW+M`.
The rules are exactly the same as for "C" and "D": once a repo has an "M"
qualifier tied to any access rule, all rules for that repo are subject to
merge checking, and merge commits will only be allowed when the rule has the
"M" qualifier.
## summary: permissions
The full set of permissions, in regex syntax: `-|R|RW+?C?D?`. This expands to