Other Experiments

You now attempt a direct push to the GitHub repository and bypass the branch protection settings.

Make sure you are still in the right project folder.

cd path/to/awsome-books

Push from the Local Main Branch to the Remote Main Branch Directly

A team member forgets to switch branches and ends up committing and pushing his unverified changes directly from the local main branch to the remote main branch. Just like that, your remote codebase is broken, leaving you with the headache of fixing the mess.

Fortunately, with branch protection configured, your main branch is now safe from this scenario.

1. In your local repository, checkout to the main branch.

git checkout main

2. Use the following command to pull the latest codebase from the remote main branch.

git pull

3. Add the following content to README.md file.

echo "This is AWSome Books!" > README.md

4. Make a commit and push to the remote main repository.

git add . && git commit -m "modify README.md file" && git push

You should no longer be able to push directly to the remote main branch thanks to branch protection. Make a pull request instead!

Bypass Ruleset (Optional)

You can bypass the rules by adding the right actors to the Bypass list section in your ruleset setting page. For example, if the list includes roles like Organization admin or Repository admin, your GitHub account will have the ability to bypass the existing rules since the account has organization or repository administrative permissions by default.

1. Turn back to the ruleset settings. In the Bypass list section, click Add bypass dropdown and then select Organization admin role.

2. In your local AWSome Books repository, make a small change to any file of your choice. Then, create a commit and push it to the remote main branch.

git add . && git commit -m "a small change to x file" && git push

You are now allowed to push directly to the remote main branch without being affected by the Require a pull request before merging rule.

For this workshop, you should leave the Bypass list empty to maintain an experimental setup.