From 6ee1623ddb90a182b11cec5f78fb77f613aa2038 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: The Apache Software Foundation <root-asf-gitbox-commits@apache.org>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 17:22:50 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Set up default protection ruleset for default and release
 branches

---
 .asf.yaml | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.asf.yaml b/.asf.yaml
index 1313ad0a40d..67657edcacc 100644
--- a/.asf.yaml
+++ b/.asf.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 github:
   enabled_merge_buttons:
-    merge:   false
-    rebase:  true
-    squash:  true
+    merge: false
+    rebase: true
+    squash: 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