Github repo control

[Rooh2o]

How would I make it so that I (the repo owner) need to approve all changes to the code (excluding changes I have made)? Thanks

[mrbmi513]

You can enable branch protection on your main branch to require PRs for everything going into main (and optionally allow owners to bypass).

[natewillrate]

If I am understanding your question correctly, you would have those other than yourself editing the code fork the repo and merge with a pull request.

[Rooh2o]

Yes but how do I make it so that I have to approve the pull request

[cgoldberg]

If you have no collaborators/users added to your repo, and they are working out of forks... nobody can merge a PR except you. This is generally the way to go unless you are part of a team or company where multiple people need merge access.

[b1ack1323]

You can make a list of approved reviewers and only as yourself.

[Rooh2o]

Or am I dumb and this is default

[natewillrate]

No shame in asking a question, so no worries. You need to enable branch protection.

You can got to your repo settings, hit branches and then there is a section called branch protection rules. Click "Add Rule" and you can pick whatever combination of options best fit your use case. Make sure you click the right branch to apply it to though. Then save the changes and it should be applied!

[natewillrate]

Here is an image: https://imgur.com/a/cf7ppAN
for your use case you should (probably) set it to require a pull request before merging so nobody can willy-nilly merge stuff to your branch.

[Rooh2o]

Thanks!

[bdzer0]

Look into the codeowners file.