Moved default_branch_protected? out of Project

app/models/project.rb

@@ -883,11 +883,6 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
     "#{url}.git"
   end
 
-
-  def empty_and_default_branch_protected?
-    empty_repo? && default_branch_protected?
-  end
-
   #TODO: Check with if this is still needed, maybe because of `.select {` in ProtectedRefsMatcher
   #Either with tests or by asking Tim
   def protected_tags_array
@@ -899,7 +894,7 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def user_can_push_to_empty_repo?(user)
-    !default_branch_protected? || team.max_member_access(user.id) > Gitlab::Access::DEVELOPER
+    !ProtectedBranch.default_branch_protected? || team.max_member_access(user.id) > Gitlab::Access::DEVELOPER
   end
 
   def forked?
@@ -1366,12 +1361,6 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
     "projects/#{id}/pushes_since_gc"
   end
 
-  #TODO: Move this and methods which depend upon it
-  def default_branch_protected?
-    current_application_settings.default_branch_protection == Gitlab::Access::PROTECTION_FULL ||
-      current_application_settings.default_branch_protection == Gitlab::Access::PROTECTION_DEV_CAN_MERGE
-  end
-
   # Similar to the normal callbacks that hook into the life cycle of an
   # Active Record object, you can also define callbacks that get triggered
   # when you add an object to an association collection. If any of these

app/models/protected_branch.rb

@@ -13,9 +13,14 @@ class ProtectedBranch < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   # Check if branch name is marked as protected in the system
   def self.protected?(project, ref_name)
-    return true if project.empty_and_default_branch_protected?
+    return true if project.empty_repo? && default_branch_protected?
 
     protected_refs = project.protected_branches_array
     self.matching(ref_name, protected_refs: protected_refs).present?
   end
+
+  def self.default_branch_protected?
+    current_application_settings.default_branch_protection == Gitlab::Access::PROTECTION_FULL ||
+      current_application_settings.default_branch_protection == Gitlab::Access::PROTECTION_DEV_CAN_MERGE
+  end
 end