+1 to protect main from any accidental push. PRs raised on github should be the only way we make changes in main.
[Q] what's next here? Who owns these setting changes in the repository? The PMC chair will do or some one from the PMC will pitch & carry this out. Since the thread was out there for a week so, I thought of asking it here, apology if this is already being acted upon by someone. On Thu, Oct 15, 2026 at 3:26 AM David Smiley <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 to protect main. This has happened before and I want to but in a > control to stop it. > > -1 to the other branches that Rahul listed for the reasons he gave. > > On 2026/10/14 18:45:25 Rahul Goswami wrote: > > +1 to protection on main, limited to PR-only merges. > > I'd leave out the other branches (branch_9x, branch_10x, etc) from this > > policy though since we often backport. Creating/reviewing/merging a PR > for > > each backport would be cumbersome. Also, I know David's backporting skill > > takes care of the backports with the labels, so not sure how that'd play > > with branch protection. > > > > - Rahul > > > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM Andrzej Białecki <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > It’s easy to make some missteps and accidentally push stuff that you > don’t > > > intend to branches that you didn’t intent to push to ;) > > > > > > We already forbid force push on all branches (at least I hope so?). I > > > propose to put also a protection lock on all branches (maybe except the > > > active release branches to make the RM’s job somewhat easier). In > practical > > > terms this means that any changes to these branches MUST go through PR > > > merges, and direct commits to branches are rejected. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Andrzej > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Regards Jalaz Kumar
