Ok. I'll fill a ticket with Infra tomorrow once the objection period has passed. Thanks!
On Wed, Jun 9, 2021, 12:51 PM Kenneth Knowles <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >> >>
