Change CI_REF_PROTECTED variable to CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED

app/models/ci/pipeline.rb

@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ module Ci
         variables.append(key: 'CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE', value: git_commit_message.to_s)
         variables.append(key: 'CI_COMMIT_TITLE', value: git_commit_full_title.to_s)
         variables.append(key: 'CI_COMMIT_DESCRIPTION', value: git_commit_description.to_s)
-        variables.append(key: 'CI_REF_PROTECTED', value: protected_ref?.to_s)
+        variables.append(key: 'CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED', value: protected_ref?.to_s)
         if merge_request_event? && merge_request
           variables.append(key: 'CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH_SHA', value: source_sha.to_s)

changelogs/unreleased/add-ci-variable-protected-ref.yml

 ---
-title: Add CI_REF_PROTECTED CI variable
+title: Add CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED CI variable
 merge_request: 26716
 author: Jason van den Hurk
 type: added

doc/ci/variables/predefined_variables.md

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ future GitLab releases.**
 | `CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG`                  | 9.3    | all    | `$CI_PROJECT_PATH` lowercased and with everything except `0-9` and `a-z` replaced with `-`. Use in URLs and domain names. |
 | `CI_PROJECT_URL`                        | 8.10   | 0.5    | The HTTP(S) address to access project |
 | `CI_PROJECT_VISIBILITY`                 | 10.3   | all    | The project visibility (internal, private, public) |
-| `CI_REF_PROTECTED`                      | 11.11  | all    | If the job is running on a protected branch |
+| `CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED`                      | 11.11  | all    | If the job is running on a protected branch |
 | `CI_REGISTRY`                           | 8.10   | 0.5    | If the Container Registry is enabled it returns the address of GitLab's Container Registry |
 | `CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE`                     | 8.10   | 0.5    | If the Container Registry is enabled for the project it returns the address of the registry tied to the specific project |
 | `CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD`                  | 9.0    | all    | The password to use to push containers to the GitLab Container Registry |

spec/models/ci/bridge_spec.rb

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe Ci::Bridge do
         CI_PROJECT_ID CI_PROJECT_NAME CI_PROJECT_PATH
         CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE CI_PIPELINE_IID
         CI_CONFIG_PATH CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE
-        CI_COMMIT_TITLE CI_COMMIT_DESCRIPTION CI_REF_PROTECTED
+        CI_COMMIT_TITLE CI_COMMIT_DESCRIPTION CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED
       ]
       expect(bridge.scoped_variables_hash.keys).to include(*variables)

spec/models/ci/build_spec.rb

@@ -2228,7 +2228,7 @@ describe Ci::Build do
           { key: 'CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE', value: pipeline.git_commit_message, public: true, masked: false },
           { key: 'CI_COMMIT_TITLE', value: pipeline.git_commit_title, public: true, masked: false },
           { key: 'CI_COMMIT_DESCRIPTION', value: pipeline.git_commit_description, public: true, masked: false },
-          { key: 'CI_REF_PROTECTED', value: pipeline.protected_ref?.to_s, public: true, masked: false }
+          { key: 'CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED', value: pipeline.protected_ref?.to_s, public: true, masked: false }
         ]
       end

spec/models/ci/pipeline_spec.rb

@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ describe Ci::Pipeline, :mailer do
                             CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE
                             CI_COMMIT_TITLE
                             CI_COMMIT_DESCRIPTION
-                            CI_REF_PROTECTED]
+                            CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED]
     end
     context 'when source is merge request' do