OSGeo
[Bug] Allow periodic update workflow to create a branch
Describe the bug
The periodic update workflow, that runs each month, failed today to create a pull request because of branch naming rules' conventions.
To reproduce
- See https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/actions/runs/10282750517/job/28455092371
Expected behavior
Relax naming rule conventions to allow the specified branch (by GitHub actions or the person with the PAT used for it).
At the same time, it would be nice to also allow branches starting with revert- followed by a series of numbers corresponding to the PR's number, then followed by another dash. This is what the GitHub interface generates when using the "revert" feature on a merged PR. It is currently unusable for now.
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System description
Main at ref 1527322f85cd465437e4f71eae5ce93e751466ea
In either way, we still have some branch name patterns to allow in the repos settings, as we were too strict in June when changing these settings (as we weren't strict enough the last iteration and had unexpected situations where branches were made in the repo out of a fork)
This is still not changed, we cannot use the revert a PR button
@nilason do you have access to the settings yourself?
The current rules are:
For all branches, we have Restrict creations (Only allow users with bypass permission to create matching refs.) Maintain and Admin Roles are excluded from that (by us) so that they can create release branches, but Write members of the core team cannot. Renovate App is also excluded to create its own branches.
The branch naming rules are in Enterprise in Restrict branch names and is basically a pattern. We are not using it now. However, the feature itself seems to be enabled for us. (OSGeo got Enterprise recently or I just don't know about it?)
Our Maintain Role ("sub-team") is the same people as Admin, so some people from Write could be upgraded to Maintain. Or we can use the naming rules at this point. Or both.
(OSGeo got Enterprise recently or I just don't know about it?)
No, the Current plan is "GitHub Free":
