diff --git a/java/compiler/impl/src/com/intellij/compiler/options/CompilerUIConfigurable.java b/java/compiler/impl/src/com/intellij/compiler/options/CompilerUIConfigurable.java
index 78892d4d9e25..9478572be570 100644
--- a/java/compiler/impl/src/com/intellij/compiler/options/CompilerUIConfigurable.java
+++ b/java/compiler/impl/src/com/intellij/compiler/options/CompilerUIConfigurable.java
@@ -28,13 +28,12 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.options.Configurable;
 import com.intellij.openapi.options.ConfigurationException;
 import com.intellij.openapi.options.SearchableConfigurable;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import com.intellij.ui.Gray;
 import com.intellij.ui.JBColor;
 import com.intellij.ui.RawCommandLineEditor;
 import com.intellij.ui.components.JBLabel;
-import com.intellij.util.Function;
 import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtilRt;
+import com.intellij.util.execution.ParametersListUtil;
 import com.intellij.xml.util.XmlStringUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
@@ -48,23 +47,6 @@ import static com.intellij.compiler.options.CompilerOptionsFilter.Setting;
 public class CompilerUIConfigurable implements SearchableConfigurable, Configurable.NoScroll {
   private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getInstance("#com.intellij.compiler.options.CompilerUIConfigurable");
 
-  public static final  Function<String, List<String>>      LINE_PARSER             = new Function<String, List<String>>() {
-    @Override
-    public List<String> fun(String text) {
-      final ArrayList<String> result = ContainerUtilRt.newArrayList();
-      final StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(text, ";", false);
-      while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
-        result.add(tokenizer.nextToken());
-      }
-      return result;
-    }
-  };
-  public static final  Function<List<String>, String>      LINE_JOINER             = new Function<List<String>, String>() {
-    @Override
-    public String fun(List<String> strings) {
-      return StringUtil.join(strings, ";");
-    }
-  };
   private static final Set<Setting> EXTERNAL_BUILD_SETTINGS = EnumSet.of(
     Setting.EXTERNAL_BUILD, Setting.AUTO_MAKE, Setting.PARALLEL_COMPILATION, Setting.REBUILD_MODULE_ON_DEPENDENCY_CHANGE,
     Setting.HEAP_SIZE, Setting.COMPILER_VM_OPTIONS
@@ -327,7 +309,7 @@ public class CompilerUIConfigurable implements SearchableConfigurable, Configura
   }
 
   private void createUIComponents() {
-    myResourcePatternsField = new RawCommandLineEditor(LINE_PARSER, LINE_JOINER);
+    myResourcePatternsField = new RawCommandLineEditor(ParametersListUtil.COLON_LINE_PARSER, ParametersListUtil.COLON_LINE_JOINER);
     myResourcePatternsField.setDialogCaption("Resource patterns");
   }
 }
diff --git a/platform/dvcs-api/src/com/intellij/dvcs/push/PushSupport.java b/platform/dvcs-api/src/com/intellij/dvcs/push/PushSupport.java
index 907bfeeba900..cbd406b0a037 100644
--- a/platform/dvcs-api/src/com/intellij/dvcs/push/PushSupport.java
+++ b/platform/dvcs-api/src/com/intellij/dvcs/push/PushSupport.java
@@ -69,4 +69,20 @@ public abstract class PushSupport<Repo extends Repository, Source extends PushSo
   public boolean shouldRequestIncomingChangesForNotCheckedRepositories() {
     return true;
   }
+  
+  /**
+   * Returns true if force push is allowed now in the selected repository.
+   * <p/>
+   * Force push may be completely disabled for the project which is checked by {@link #isForcePushEnabled()},
+   * or it might depend e.g. on the branch user is pushing to.
+   */
+  public abstract boolean isForcePushAllowed(@NotNull Repo repo, Target target);
+
+  /**
+   * Checks if force push is allowed for this VCS at all.
+   * <p/>
+   * If it is not allowed for all PushSupports in the project, the "Force Push" button will be invisible.
+   */
+  public abstract boolean isForcePushEnabled();
+
 }
diff --git a/platform/dvcs-impl/src/com/intellij/dvcs/push/PushController.java b/platform/dvcs-impl/src/com/intellij/dvcs/push/PushController.java
index 3412e77e2da5..f2f7b07044c0 100644
--- a/platform/dvcs-impl/src/com/intellij/dvcs/push/PushController.java
+++ b/platform/dvcs-impl/src/com/intellij/dvcs/push/PushController.java
@@ -79,6 +79,24 @@ public class PushController implements Disposable {
     selectFirstChecked();
   }
 
+  public boolean isForcePushEnabled() {
+    return ContainerUtil.exists(myView2Model.values(), new Condition<MyRepoModel>() {
+      @Override
+      public boolean value(MyRepoModel model) {
+        return model.getSupport().isForcePushEnabled();
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  public boolean isForcePushAllowed() {
+    return ContainerUtil.exists(myView2Model.values(), new Condition<MyRepoModel>() {
+      @Override
+      public boolean value(MyRepoModel model) {
+        return model.isSelected() && model.getSupport().isForcePushAllowed(model.getRepository(), model.getTarget());
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
   private void selectFirstChecked() {
     Map.Entry<RepositoryNode, MyRepoModel> selected =
       ContainerUtil.find(myView2Model.entrySet(), new Condition<Map.Entry<RepositoryNode, MyRepoModel>>() {
diff --git a/platform/dvcs-impl/src/com/intellij/dvcs/push/ui/VcsPushDialog.java b/platform/dvcs-impl/src/com/intellij/dvcs/push/ui/VcsPushDialog.java
index 22f1e74abbbd..a6e8e1ca41fc 100644
--- a/platform/dvcs-impl/src/com/intellij/dvcs/push/ui/VcsPushDialog.java
+++ b/platform/dvcs-impl/src/com/intellij/dvcs/push/ui/VcsPushDialog.java
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ public class VcsPushDialog extends DialogWrapper {
   @NotNull private final Project myProject;
   private final PushLog myListPanel;
   private final PushController myController;
-  private final Action[] myExecutorActions = {new DvcsPushAction("&Force Push", true)};
   @NotNull private final JPanel myAdditionalOptionsFromVcsPanel;
 
-  private DvcsPushAction myPushAction;
+  private Action myPushAction;
+  @Nullable private ForcePushAction myForcePushAction;
 
   public VcsPushDialog(@NotNull Project project, @NotNull List<? extends Repository> selectedRepositories) {
     super(project);
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ public class VcsPushDialog extends DialogWrapper {
 
   @Override
   protected JComponent createCenterPanel() {
-
     JComponent rootPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout(0, 15));
     rootPanel.add(myListPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
     for (VcsPushOptionsPanel panel : myController.getAdditionalPanels()) {
@@ -79,10 +78,16 @@ public class VcsPushDialog extends DialogWrapper {
   @NotNull
   protected Action[] createActions() {
     final List<Action> actions = new ArrayList<Action>();
-    myPushAction = new DvcsPushAction("&Push", false);
+    if (myController.isForcePushEnabled()) {
+      myForcePushAction = new ForcePushAction();
+      myForcePushAction.setEnabled(myController.isForcePushAllowed());
+      myPushAction = new ComplexPushAction(myForcePushAction);
+    }
+    else {
+      myPushAction = new SimplePushAction();
+    }
     myPushAction.putValue(DEFAULT_ACTION, Boolean.TRUE);
     actions.add(myPushAction);
-    myPushAction.setOptions(myExecutorActions);
     actions.add(getCancelAction());
     actions.add(getHelpAction());
     return actions.toArray(new Action[actions.size()]);
@@ -112,6 +117,9 @@ public class VcsPushDialog extends DialogWrapper {
   }
 
   public void updateButtons() {
+    if (myForcePushAction != null) {
+      myForcePushAction.setEnabled(myController.isForcePushAllowed());
+    }
     initValidation();
   }
 
@@ -120,13 +128,39 @@ public class VcsPushDialog extends DialogWrapper {
     return false;
   }
 
-  private class DvcsPushAction extends AbstractAction implements OptionAction {
-    private Action[] myOptions = new Action[0];
-    private final boolean myForce;
+  private class SimplePushAction extends AbstractAction {
+    SimplePushAction() {
+      super("&Push");
+    }
+    @Override
+    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
+      myController.push(false);
+      close(OK_EXIT_CODE);
+    }
+  }
 
-    private DvcsPushAction(String title, boolean force) {
-      super(title);
-      myForce = force;
+  private class ForcePushAction extends AbstractAction {
+    ForcePushAction() {
+      super("&Force Push");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
+      int answer = Messages.showOkCancelDialog(myProject,
+                                  "You're going to force push. It will overwrite commits at the remote. Are you sure you want to proceed?",
+                                  "Force Push", "&Force Push", CommonBundle.getCancelButtonText(), Messages.getWarningIcon());
+      if (answer == OK) {
+        myController.push(true);
+        close(OK_EXIT_CODE);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private class ComplexPushAction extends SimplePushAction implements OptionAction {
+    private final Action[] myOptions;
+
+    private ComplexPushAction(Action additionalAction) {
+      myOptions = new Action[] { additionalAction };
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -137,31 +171,11 @@ public class VcsPushDialog extends DialogWrapper {
       }
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
-      if (myForce) {
-        int answer = Messages.showOkCancelDialog(myProject, getConfirmationMessage(),
-                                                 "Force Push",
-                                                 "&Force Push", CommonBundle.getCancelButtonText(), Messages.getWarningIcon());
-        if (answer != OK) return;
-      }
-      myController.push(myForce);
-      close(OK_EXIT_CODE);
-    }
-
     @NotNull
     @Override
     public Action[] getOptions() {
       return myOptions;
     }
-
-    public void setOptions(Action[] actions) {
-      myOptions = actions;
-    }
   }
 
-  @NotNull
-  private static String getConfirmationMessage() {
-    return "You're going to force push. It will overwrite commits at the remote. Are you sure you want to proceed?";
-  }
 }
diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/execution/ParametersListUtil.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/execution/ParametersListUtil.java
index d84b86cbad8b..2aea48de96fa 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/execution/ParametersListUtil.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/execution/ParametersListUtil.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 
 /**
  * @author nik
@@ -41,6 +42,23 @@ public class ParametersListUtil {
       return StringUtil.join(strings, " ");
     }
   };
+  public static final  Function<String, List<String>> COLON_LINE_PARSER = new Function<String, List<String>>() {
+    @Override
+    public List<String> fun(String text) {
+      final ArrayList<String> result = ContainerUtilRt.newArrayList();
+      final StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(text, ";", false);
+      while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
+        result.add(tokenizer.nextToken());
+      }
+      return result;
+    }
+  };
+  public static final  Function<List<String>, String> COLON_LINE_JOINER = new Function<List<String>, String>() {
+    @Override
+    public String fun(List<String> strings) {
+      return StringUtil.join(strings, ";");
+    }
+  };
 
   /**
    * <p>Joins list of parameters into single string, which may be then parsed back into list by {@link #parseToArray(String)}.</p>
diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml b/plugins/git4idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
index f0d8fa5ff5e1..8fe4a1137262 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@
     <projectService
         serviceInterface="git4idea.config.GitVcsSettings"
         serviceImplementation="git4idea.config.GitVcsSettings"/>
+    <projectService serviceImplementation="git4idea.config.GitSharedSettings" />
     <projectService
         serviceInterface="git4idea.settings.GitPushSettings"
         serviceImplementation="git4idea.settings.GitPushSettings"/>
diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/GitVcs.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/GitVcs.java
index 5b3aa4dc0f97..a47ec0f025e9 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/GitVcs.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/GitVcs.java
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ public class GitVcs extends AbstractVcs<CommittedChangeList> {
                 @NotNull final GitHistoryProvider gitHistoryProvider,
                 @NotNull final GitRollbackEnvironment gitRollbackEnvironment,
                 @NotNull final GitVcsApplicationSettings gitSettings,
-                @NotNull final GitVcsSettings gitProjectSettings) {
+                @NotNull final GitVcsSettings gitProjectSettings,
+                @NotNull GitSharedSettings sharedSettings) {
     super(project, NAME);
     myGit = git;
     myVcsManager = gitVcsManager;
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ public class GitVcs extends AbstractVcs<CommittedChangeList> {
     myHistoryProvider = gitHistoryProvider;
     myRollbackEnvironment = gitRollbackEnvironment;
     myRevSelector = new GitRevisionSelector();
-    myConfigurable = new GitVcsConfigurable(gitProjectSettings, myProject);
+    myConfigurable = new GitVcsConfigurable(myProject, gitProjectSettings, sharedSettings);
     myUpdateEnvironment = new GitUpdateEnvironment(myProject, this, gitProjectSettings);
     myCommittedChangeListProvider = new GitCommittedChangeListProvider(myProject);
     myOutgoingChangesProvider = new GitOutgoingChangesProvider(myProject);
diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/config/GitSharedSettings.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/config/GitSharedSettings.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4363880dd931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/config/GitSharedSettings.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2014 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package git4idea.config;
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.components.*;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+@State(
+  name = "GitSharedSettings",
+  storages = {
+    @Storage(file = StoragePathMacros.PROJECT_FILE),
+    @Storage(file = StoragePathMacros.PROJECT_CONFIG_DIR + "/vcs.xml", scheme = StorageScheme.DIRECTORY_BASED)
+  })
+public class GitSharedSettings implements PersistentStateComponent<GitSharedSettings.State> {
+
+  public static class State {
+    public List<String> FORCE_PUSH_PROHIBITED_PATTERNS = Arrays.asList("master");
+  }
+
+  private State myState = new State();
+
+  @Nullable
+  @Override
+  public State getState() {
+    return myState;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void loadState(State state) {
+    myState = state;
+  }
+
+  @NotNull
+  public List<String> getForcePushProhibitedPatterns() {
+    return Collections.unmodifiableList(myState.FORCE_PUSH_PROHIBITED_PATTERNS);
+  }
+
+  public void setForcePushProhibitedPatters(@NotNull List<String> patterns) {
+    myState.FORCE_PUSH_PROHIBITED_PATTERNS = new ArrayList<String>(patterns);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/config/GitVcsConfigurable.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/config/GitVcsConfigurable.java
index 12dd5fb1e5d7..a2cf35d75e21 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/config/GitVcsConfigurable.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/config/GitVcsConfigurable.java
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@ public class GitVcsConfigurable implements Configurable {
 
   private final Project myProject;
   private final GitVcsSettings mySettings;
+  @NotNull private final GitSharedSettings mySharedSettings;
   private GitVcsPanel panel;
 
-  public GitVcsConfigurable(@NotNull GitVcsSettings settings, @NotNull Project project) {
+  public GitVcsConfigurable(@NotNull Project project, @NotNull GitVcsSettings settings, @NotNull GitSharedSettings sharedSettings) {
     myProject = project;
     mySettings = settings;
+    mySharedSettings = sharedSettings;
   }
 
   @NotNull
@@ -51,23 +53,23 @@ public class GitVcsConfigurable implements Configurable {
   @Override
   public JComponent createComponent() {
     panel = new GitVcsPanel(myProject);
-    panel.load(mySettings);
+    panel.load(mySettings, mySharedSettings);
     return panel.getPanel();
   }
 
   @Override
   public boolean isModified() {
-    return panel.isModified(mySettings);
+    return panel.isModified(mySettings, mySharedSettings);
   }
 
   @Override
   public void apply() throws ConfigurationException {
-    panel.save(mySettings);
+    panel.save(mySettings, mySharedSettings);
   }
 
   @Override
   public void reset() {
-    panel.load(mySettings);
+    panel.load(mySettings, mySharedSettings);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/config/GitVcsPanel.form b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/config/GitVcsPanel.form
index 87d3578f7c0a..844edc4e34a3 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/config/GitVcsPanel.form
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/config/GitVcsPanel.form
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
           <grid row="2" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="6" hsize-policy="1" anchor="0" fill="2" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
         </constraints>
       </vspacer>
-      <grid id="4d15a" layout-manager="GridLayoutManager" row-count="5" column-count="1" same-size-horizontally="false" same-size-vertically="false" hgap="-1" vgap="-1">
+      <grid id="4d15a" layout-manager="GridLayoutManager" row-count="6" column-count="3" same-size-horizontally="false" same-size-vertically="false" hgap="-1" vgap="-1">
         <margin top="0" left="0" bottom="0" right="0"/>
         <constraints>
           <grid row="1" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="3" hsize-policy="3" anchor="0" fill="3" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
         <children>
           <component id="9d661" class="javax.swing.JCheckBox" binding="myAutoUpdateIfPushRejected">
             <constraints>
-              <grid row="1" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="3" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+              <grid row="1" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="3" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="3" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
             </constraints>
             <properties>
               <iconTextGap value="4"/>
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
           </component>
           <component id="2e80d" class="com.intellij.ui.components.JBCheckBox" binding="mySyncBranchControl">
             <constraints>
-              <grid row="2" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="0" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+              <grid row="2" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="3" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="0" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
             </constraints>
             <properties>
               <text value="Control &amp;branches from different roots synchronously"/>
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
           </component>
           <component id="5a98" class="javax.swing.JCheckBox" binding="myAutoCommitOnCherryPick">
             <constraints>
-              <grid row="0" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="3" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+              <grid row="0" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="3" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="3" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
             </constraints>
             <properties>
               <iconTextGap value="4"/>
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
           </component>
           <component id="1ad55" class="com.intellij.ui.components.JBCheckBox" binding="myWarnAboutCrlf" default-binding="true">
             <constraints>
-              <grid row="3" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="0" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+              <grid row="3" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="3" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="0" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
             </constraints>
             <properties>
               <text value="Warn if &amp;CRLF line separators are about to be committed"/>
@@ -136,13 +136,38 @@
           </component>
           <component id="29d5c" class="javax.swing.JCheckBox" binding="myWarnAboutDetachedHead">
             <constraints>
-              <grid row="4" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="3" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+              <grid row="4" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="3" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="3" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
             </constraints>
             <properties>
               <selected value="true"/>
               <text value="Warn when committing in detached HEAD or during rebase"/>
             </properties>
           </component>
+          <component id="885e3" class="javax.swing.JCheckBox" binding="myEnableForcePush">
+            <constraints>
+              <grid row="5" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="3" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+            </constraints>
+            <properties>
+              <selected value="true"/>
+              <text value="Allow &amp;force push"/>
+            </properties>
+          </component>
+          <component id="b0317" class="com.intellij.openapi.ui.TextFieldWithBrowseButton" binding="myProtectedBranchesButton" custom-create="true" default-binding="true">
+            <constraints>
+              <grid row="5" column="2" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="3" anchor="0" fill="1" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+            </constraints>
+            <properties>
+              <text value=""/>
+            </properties>
+          </component>
+          <component id="e7b92" class="com.intellij.ui.components.JBLabel" binding="myProtectedBranchesLabel">
+            <constraints>
+              <grid row="5" column="1" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="0" anchor="0" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+            </constraints>
+            <properties>
+              <text value="Protected branches:"/>
+            </properties>
+          </component>
         </children>
       </grid>
     </children>
diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/config/GitVcsPanel.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/config/GitVcsPanel.java
index c8c2ad46a274..c16417abf5d2 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/config/GitVcsPanel.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/config/GitVcsPanel.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package git4idea.config;
 
 import com.intellij.dvcs.branch.DvcsBranchSync;
+import com.intellij.icons.AllIcons;
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.ApplicationNamesInfo;
 import com.intellij.openapi.components.ServiceManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.fileChooser.FileChooserDescriptorFactory;
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.openapi.ui.Messages;
 import com.intellij.openapi.ui.TextFieldWithBrowseButton;
 import com.intellij.ui.components.JBCheckBox;
+import com.intellij.ui.components.JBLabel;
+import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
+import com.intellij.util.execution.ParametersListUtil;
 import git4idea.GitVcs;
 import git4idea.i18n.GitBundle;
 import git4idea.repo.GitRepositoryManager;
@@ -31,6 +35,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
 import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
+import java.util.List;
 
 /**
  * Git VCS configuration panel
@@ -52,6 +57,9 @@ public class GitVcsPanel {
   private JCheckBox myAutoCommitOnCherryPick;
   private JBCheckBox myWarnAboutCrlf;
   private JCheckBox myWarnAboutDetachedHead;
+  private JCheckBox myEnableForcePush;
+  private TextFieldWithBrowseButton myProtectedBranchesButton;
+  private JBLabel myProtectedBranchesLabel;
 
   public GitVcsPanel(@NotNull Project project) {
     myVcs = GitVcs.getInstance(project);
@@ -70,6 +78,7 @@ public class GitVcsPanel {
                                        FileChooserDescriptorFactory.createSingleFileNoJarsDescriptor());
     final GitRepositoryManager repositoryManager = ServiceManager.getService(project, GitRepositoryManager.class);
     mySyncBranchControl.setVisible(repositoryManager != null && repositoryManager.moreThanOneRoot());
+    myProtectedBranchesLabel.setLabelFor(myProtectedBranchesButton);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -115,7 +124,7 @@ public class GitVcsPanel {
    *
    * @param settings the settings to load
    */
-  public void load(@NotNull GitVcsSettings settings) {
+  public void load(@NotNull GitVcsSettings settings, @NotNull GitSharedSettings sharedSettings) {
     myGitField.setText(settings.getAppSettings().getPathToGit());
     mySSHExecutableComboBox.setSelectedItem(settings.isIdeaSsh() ? IDEA_SSH : NATIVE_SSH);
     myAutoUpdateIfPushRejected.setSelected(settings.autoUpdateIfPushRejected());
@@ -123,6 +132,8 @@ public class GitVcsPanel {
     myAutoCommitOnCherryPick.setSelected(settings.isAutoCommitOnCherryPick());
     myWarnAboutCrlf.setSelected(settings.warnAboutCrlf());
     myWarnAboutDetachedHead.setSelected(settings.warnAboutDetachedHead());
+    myEnableForcePush.setSelected(settings.isForcePushAllowed());
+    myProtectedBranchesButton.setText(ParametersListUtil.COLON_LINE_JOINER.fun(sharedSettings.getForcePushProhibitedPatterns()));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -130,14 +141,17 @@ public class GitVcsPanel {
    *
    * @param settings the settings to load
    */
-  public boolean isModified(@NotNull GitVcsSettings settings) {
+  public boolean isModified(@NotNull GitVcsSettings settings, @NotNull GitSharedSettings sharedSettings) {
     return !settings.getAppSettings().getPathToGit().equals(getCurrentExecutablePath()) ||
            (settings.isIdeaSsh() != IDEA_SSH.equals(mySSHExecutableComboBox.getSelectedItem())) ||
            !settings.autoUpdateIfPushRejected() == myAutoUpdateIfPushRejected.isSelected() ||
            ((settings.getSyncSetting() == DvcsBranchSync.SYNC) != mySyncBranchControl.isSelected() ||
            settings.isAutoCommitOnCherryPick() != myAutoCommitOnCherryPick.isSelected() ||
            settings.warnAboutCrlf() != myWarnAboutCrlf.isSelected() ||
-           settings.warnAboutDetachedHead() != myWarnAboutDetachedHead.isSelected());
+           settings.warnAboutDetachedHead() != myWarnAboutDetachedHead.isSelected() ||
+           settings.isForcePushAllowed() != myEnableForcePush.isSelected() ||
+           !ContainerUtil.sorted(sharedSettings.getForcePushProhibitedPatterns()).equals(
+            ContainerUtil.sorted(getProtectedBranchesPatterns())));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -145,7 +159,7 @@ public class GitVcsPanel {
    *
    * @param settings the settings object
    */
-  public void save(@NotNull GitVcsSettings settings) {
+  public void save(@NotNull GitVcsSettings settings, GitSharedSettings sharedSettings) {
     settings.getAppSettings().setPathToGit(getCurrentExecutablePath());
     myVcs.checkVersion();
     settings.getAppSettings().setIdeaSsh(IDEA_SSH.equals(mySSHExecutableComboBox.getSelectedItem()) ?
@@ -157,6 +171,23 @@ public class GitVcsPanel {
     settings.setAutoCommitOnCherryPick(myAutoCommitOnCherryPick.isSelected());
     settings.setWarnAboutCrlf(myWarnAboutCrlf.isSelected());
     settings.setWarnAboutDetachedHead(myWarnAboutDetachedHead.isSelected());
+    settings.setForcePushAllowed(myEnableForcePush.isSelected());
+    sharedSettings.setForcePushProhibitedPatters(getProtectedBranchesPatterns());
   }
 
+  @NotNull
+  private List<String> getProtectedBranchesPatterns() {
+    return ParametersListUtil.COLON_LINE_PARSER.fun(myProtectedBranchesButton.getText());
+  }
+
+  private void createUIComponents() {
+    myProtectedBranchesButton = new TextFieldWithBrowseButton.NoPathCompletion(new ActionListener() {
+      @Override
+      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
+        Messages.showTextAreaDialog(myProtectedBranchesButton.getTextField(), "Protected Branches", "Git.Force.Push.Protected.Branches",
+                                    ParametersListUtil.COLON_LINE_PARSER, ParametersListUtil.COLON_LINE_JOINER);
+      }
+    });
+    myProtectedBranchesButton.setButtonIcon(AllIcons.Actions.ShowViewer);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/config/GitVcsSettings.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/config/GitVcsSettings.java
index 7dd7f9b1004b..f4094f81eaec 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/config/GitVcsSettings.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/config/GitVcsSettings.java
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ public class GitVcsSettings implements PersistentStateComponent<GitVcsSettings.S
     public boolean WARN_ABOUT_CRLF = true;
     public boolean WARN_ABOUT_DETACHED_HEAD = true;
     public GitResetMode RESET_MODE = null;
+    public boolean FORCE_PUSH_ALLOWED = false;
   }
 
   public GitVcsSettings(GitVcsApplicationSettings appSettings) {
@@ -201,6 +202,14 @@ public class GitVcsSettings implements PersistentStateComponent<GitVcsSettings.S
     myState.RESET_MODE = mode;
   }
 
+  public boolean isForcePushAllowed() {
+    return myState.FORCE_PUSH_ALLOWED;
+  }
+
+  public void setForcePushAllowed(boolean allowed) {
+    myState.FORCE_PUSH_ALLOWED = allowed;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Provides migration from project settings.
    * This method is to be removed in IDEA 13: it should be moved to {@link GitVcsApplicationSettings}
diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/push/GitPushSupport.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/push/GitPushSupport.java
index 8c948af7635f..851120b606b9 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/push/GitPushSupport.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/push/GitPushSupport.java
@@ -20,12 +20,17 @@ import com.intellij.dvcs.push.PushSupport;
 import com.intellij.dvcs.push.PushTargetPanel;
 import com.intellij.dvcs.push.Pusher;
 import com.intellij.dvcs.repo.RepositoryManager;
+import com.intellij.openapi.components.ServiceManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.Condition;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.AbstractVcs;
 import com.intellij.util.ObjectUtils;
+import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
 import git4idea.*;
 import git4idea.branch.GitBranchUtil;
+import git4idea.config.GitSharedSettings;
+import git4idea.config.GitVcsSettings;
 import git4idea.repo.GitBranchTrackInfo;
 import git4idea.repo.GitRemote;
 import git4idea.repo.GitRepository;
@@ -43,6 +48,8 @@ public class GitPushSupport extends PushSupport<GitRepository, GitPushSource, Gi
   @NotNull private final GitVcs myVcs;
   @NotNull private final Pusher<GitRepository, GitPushSource, GitPushTarget> myPusher;
   @NotNull private final OutgoingCommitsProvider<GitRepository, GitPushSource, GitPushTarget> myOutgoingCommitsProvider;
+  @NotNull private final GitVcsSettings mySettings;
+  private final GitSharedSettings mySharedSettings;
 
   // instantiated from plugin.xml
   @SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
@@ -51,6 +58,8 @@ public class GitPushSupport extends PushSupport<GitRepository, GitPushSource, Gi
     myVcs = ObjectUtils.assertNotNull(GitVcs.getInstance(project));
     myPusher = new GitPusher(project);
     myOutgoingCommitsProvider = new GitOutgoingCommitsProvider(project);
+    mySettings = GitVcsSettings.getInstance(project);
+    mySharedSettings = ServiceManager.getService(project, GitSharedSettings.class);
   }
 
   @NotNull
@@ -131,4 +140,20 @@ public class GitPushSupport extends PushSupport<GitRepository, GitPushSource, Gi
     return new GitPushTargetPanel(repository, defaultTarget);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean isForcePushAllowed(@NotNull GitRepository repo, @NotNull GitPushTarget target) {
+    final String targetBranch = target.getBranch().getNameForRemoteOperations();
+    return !ContainerUtil.exists(mySharedSettings.getForcePushProhibitedPatterns(), new Condition<String>() {
+      @Override
+      public boolean value(String pattern) {
+        return targetBranch.matches("^" + pattern + "$"); // let "master" match only "master" and not "any-master-here" by default
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean isForcePushEnabled() {
+    return mySettings.isForcePushAllowed();
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/push/HgPushSupport.java b/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/push/HgPushSupport.java
index 1a3bb3db1147..66cda264c210 100644
--- a/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/push/HgPushSupport.java
+++ b/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/push/HgPushSupport.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package org.zmlx.hg4idea.push;
 
 import com.intellij.dvcs.push.*;
+import com.intellij.dvcs.repo.Repository;
 import com.intellij.dvcs.repo.RepositoryManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.AbstractVcs;
@@ -85,6 +86,16 @@ public class HgPushSupport extends PushSupport<HgRepository, HgPushSource, HgTar
     return new HgPushTargetPanel(repository, defaultTarget);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean isForcePushAllowed(@NotNull HgRepository repo, @NotNull HgTarget target) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean isForcePushEnabled() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public boolean shouldRequestIncomingChangesForNotCheckedRepositories() {
     return false;