opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/docs/contributing/repository-settings.md

Repository settings

(In addition to https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/docs/how-to-configure-new-repository.md)

General

• Automatically delete head branches: CHECKED

  So that bot PR branches will be deleted.

Actions > General

• Fork pull request workflows from outside collaborators: "Require approval for first-time contributors who are new to GitHub"

  To reduce friction for new contributors (the default is "Require approval for first-time contributors").

Branch protections

(In addition to https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/docs/how-to-configure-new-repository.md)

main and release/*

• Require branches to be up to date before merging: UNCHECKED

  PR jobs take too long, and leaving this unchecked has not been a significant problem.

• Status checks that are required:

  • EasyCLA
  • required-status-check

v* (old release branches)

Same settings as above for new release branches (release/**), except:

• Status checks that are required:

  • EasyCLA
  • accept-pr

gh-pages

• Everything UNCHECKED.

  This branch is currently only used for directly pushing benchmarking results from the Nightly overhead benchmark job.

**/**

• Status checks that are required:

  EasyCLA

• Allow deletions: CHECKED

  So that bot PR branches can be deleted