Enabling branch restrictions

Anyone with admin permissions to an organization-owned repository can enable branch restrictions.

You can automatically enforce protected branch settings for some or all branches in your repository. For more information, see "Configuring protected branches."

1. On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.
2. Under your repository name, click Settings.
   
3. In the left menu, click Branches.
   
4. Next to "Branch protection rules", click Add rule.
   
5. Under "Branch name pattern", type the branch name or pattern you want to protect.
   
6. Optionally, select Include administrators. This enforces all configured restrictions for repository administrators.
   
7. Under "Protect matching branches", select Restrict who can push to matching branches.
   
8. Search for and select the people, teams, or apps who will have permission to push to the protected branch.
   
9. Click Create.

Further reading

• "About protected branches"
• "Configuring protected branches"
• "About required status checks"
• "Enabling required status checks"