From aefc7a0e6c92579ca0fa0e28eebe99e43bc1736d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: The Apache Software Foundation <root-asf-gitbox-commits@apache.org>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 17:22:06 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Set up default protection ruleset for default and release
 branches

---
 .asf.yaml | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.asf.yaml b/.asf.yaml
index 98ad856..30fb4dc 100644
--- a/.asf.yaml
+++ b/.asf.yaml
@@ -30,11 +30,24 @@ github:
     merge: false
     rebase: true
   protected_branches:
-    master: { }
+    master: {}
   pull_requests:
     del_branch_on_merge: true
   features:
     issues: true
+  rulesets:
+    - name: "Default Branch Protection"
+      type: branch
+      branches:
+        includes:
+          - "~DEFAULT_BRANCH"
+          - "release/*"
+          - "rel/*"
+        excludes: []
+      bypass_teams:
+        - root
+      restrict_deletion: true
+      restrict_force_push: true
 notifications:
   commits: commits@maven.apache.org
   issues: issues@maven.apache.org