From 269f3fc317c88c1ca50bd1df72a689f20a0a85a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: The Apache Software Foundation <root-asf-gitbox-commits@apache.org>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 17:56:30 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Set up default protection ruleset for default and release
 branches

---
 .asf.yaml | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.asf.yaml b/.asf.yaml
index b251595269f..a36f70b1b4b 100644
--- a/.asf.yaml
+++ b/.asf.yaml
@@ -18,8 +18,22 @@
 # See https://github.com/apache/infrastructure-asfyaml/blob/main/README.md
 
 staging:
-  profile: ~
-  whoami:  asf-site
+  profile:
+  whoami: asf-site
 
 publish:
-  whoami:  asf-site
+  whoami: asf-site
+github:
+  rulesets:
+    - name: "Default Branch Protection"
+      type: branch
+      branches:
+        includes:
+          - "~DEFAULT_BRANCH"
+          - "release/*"
+          - "rel/*"
+        excludes: []
+      bypass_teams:
+        - root
+      restrict_deletion: true
+      restrict_force_push: true