repo-settings-bootstrap

To bootstrap settings-as-code, generate a .github/settings.yml file with conservative defaults aligned to repository evidence, optionally adding CODEOWNERS and branch protection rules only when clearly justified by your project context.

Settings-as-code governance manages repository policy by defining configuration in files like .github/settings.yml, enabling consistent security hygiene, branch protection enforcement, and code ownership tracking directly within the repository.

Yes, you can safely add CODEOWNERS and branch protection by enforcing inspection-first behavior that preserves explicit existing choices, avoiding speculative required checks or unsafe administrative changes to current settings.

Yes, repo-settings-bootstrap supports existing repository auditing by inspecting current settings-as-code artifacts and conditionally generating missing .github/settings.yml or CODEOWNERS files while preserving authoritative configurations.

The safest way to initialize repository policy is through an inspection-first approach that creates minimal, non-speculative .github/settings.yml configurations, avoiding risky admin changes and preserving explicit existing settings.

You should avoid speculative required checks when bootstrapping settings.yml because the inspection-first policy preserves existing choices and only conditionally adds branch protection justified by actual repository evidence.