From 14964227bf65464bfc79aad6b15db5af38ee4410 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: The Apache Software Foundation <root-asf-gitbox-commits@apache.org>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 17:05:59 -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 d9eef5d15..17351ad5b 100644
--- a/.asf.yaml
+++ b/.asf.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,19 @@ github:
     - website
     - jbake
 
+  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:      cvs@incubator.apache.org
+  commits: cvs@incubator.apache.org
   pullrequests: cvs@incubator.apache.org