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1. Tick the checkbox **Prevent approval of merge requests by their committers**.
1. Tick the checkbox **Prevent approval of merge requests by their committers**.
1. Click **Save changes**.
1. Click **Save changes**.
## Require authentication when approving a merge request **[STARTER]**
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/5981) in [GitLab Starter](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 12.0.
You can force the approver to enter a password in order to authenticate who is approving the merge request by
enabling **Require user password to approve**. This enables an Electronic Signature
for approvals such as the one defined by [CFR Part 11](https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?CFRPart=11&showFR=1&subpartNode=21:1.0.1.1.8.3)):
1. Navigate to your project's **Settings > General** and expand **Merge request approvals**.
1. Tick the checkbox **Require user password to approve**.
1. Click **Save changes**.
## Merge requests with different source branch and target branch projects
## Merge requests with different source branch and target branch projects
If the merge request source branch and target branch belong to different
If the merge request source branch and target branch belong to different