Copy branch configuration from the template

[tomaswarynyca]

Description

Having a configuration for the main branch in a template should be copied when one creates a repository from that template.
This was discussed at the time in #9126 but it was left abandoned, I create these issues to see if it can be reactivated because it is a functionality that is very useful to devops.

[zeripath]

are you sure that this is not already the case following #10803?

[tomaswarynyca]

I refer to the Branch Protection configuration. I have a template repository with x rules in the main branch, when I create a repository based on the template and copy the branch, the protection settings of that branch must be copied to the new repository.

[jolheiser]

Hello! I am currently working on this (and I will re-open #9126, I forgot to keep the stalebot away 😓 )

One caveat is whitelisted users/teams, as those could be infeasible depending on who is using the template and what type of access they have compared to the template owner.
For the initial version I don't think those will be carried over.
Some fancy code could probably determine an intersection of valid values, but that's likely more complex than necessary.
A follow-up could be made to add the intersection, if needed. 🙂

[lunny]

You can read the template repositories, but maybe you have no permissions knows how the protected branches configured because this is a feature of owners of that repository.

@jolheiser I think this is a point we should be careful.

[tomaswarynyca]

Not all should be copied, but the main protected files, required approvals, status check, among others.

[tomaswarynyca]

Hi, I saw that the pr was already made but was abandoned, it is a tool that I need at work, is it possible to implement it now?

[jolheiser]

What makes you think #14334 is abandoned? 🤔

[tomaswarynyca]

What makes you think #14334 is abandoned?

The last commit was 13 days ago, I thought it was already finished
As I had no news about the pr or issues I decided to send the message

[jolheiser]

We are currently in a freeze to get 1.14 polished up, and the reference PR is slated for 1.15 as a result.
It may take a while for it to get reviewed. 🙂

[tomaswarynyca]

When is it planned to release the final v1.14 to start with v1.15?
I'm sorry if I'm pushing too hard, but I'm needing the function for several projects at work.

[jolheiser]

Unfortunately it's very hard to pin down a day. We are entirely run by volunteer time, so the best we can do is a general timeframe.

The milestone for 1.14 is past due by 4 days (at time of this writing), however there will still need to be RCs prior to a stable release, etc.

If you are needing this sooner than later, I would suggest instead writing a script to copy branch protection from one repo to another in the interim.
You can use the API to get branch protection from a repo, and then use the API to create branch protection for another repo.

[tomaswarynyca]

Ohh great I hadn't considered the option of using the API.
So thanks for the functionality and I look forward to v1.15 to try it out.

[ztrnr]

@tomaswarynyca have you created this script? I'm looking for the same functionality at my work.

[GregJCook]

I just stumbled across this missing feature as well. Any update on getting branch protection policies to carry forward from a template?

[Calvin-Hill]

Is this still in the works? Just stumbled on this issue when creating a repo from my template and realising none of my branch protection rules had copied over

[Barsay]

Any news on this? same as @Calvin-Hill , found this while setting up a template

[w4dd325]

Any further developments on this? Interested to get this setup...

[fuzunspm]

this is a must have feature. I would like to copy master/main rule set from a repository to all other repositories

[lmandon]

Hello,
This would be beneficial to our teams as well, looking forward to the implementation.