From 3b1b15ce00e5c7ae93464faef251b564d9100763 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: The Apache Software Foundation <root-asf-gitbox-commits@apache.org>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 14:23:56 -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 fea76eea6bd..0e0ec729bc2 100644
--- a/.asf.yaml
+++ b/.asf.yaml
@@ -28,13 +28,26 @@ github:
     squash: true
     merge: false
     rebase: false
-  protected_branches: ~
+  protected_branches:
   features:
     issues: true
     discussions: true
     wiki: false
     projects: false
   autolink_jira: CELEBORN
+  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@celeborn.apache.org
   issues: issues@celeborn.apache.org