Great idea. I think only infra can do it. On Tue, Jun 8, 2021, 14:27 Robert Burke <[email protected]> wrote:
> During the last branch cleanup, it appears I accidentally deleted the > release-2.26.0 branch. > > Lukasz Cwik pointed this out to me, and fortunately I was able to recover > and push it back to the repo. However, Brian Hulette then pointed out > github lets us set up rules to avoid accidental deletion of branches that > match certain names. > > > https://docs.github.com/en/github/administering-a-repository/defining-the-mergeability-of-pull-requests/managing-a-branch-protection-rule > > So the proposal is we guard our release branches from accidental deletion > using this mechanism. A repo admin (which I think is probably a PMC > member?) can do so by following the linked instructions. > > My only note is that setting up such a rule sets the protection by > default, and there shouldn't be any need to select other options (except at > the PMC's discretion). > > Unless there's an objection (in the traditional ~3 day period), could a > volunteer PMC set up such a protection rule, and prevent my error from > recurring? > > Cheers > Robert Burke > Beam Go Busybody. > >
