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+# Rules for main branch protection
+branchProtectionRules:
+# Identifies the protection rule pattern. Name of the branch to be protected.
+# Defaults to `main`
+- pattern: main
+  # Can admins overwrite branch protection.
+  # Defaults to `true`
+  isAdminEnforced: true
+  # Number of approving reviews required to update matching branches.
+  # Defaults to `1`
+  requiredApprovingReviewCount: 1
+  # Are reviews from code owners required to update matching branches.
+  # Defaults to `false`
+  requiresCodeOwnerReviews: true
+  # Require up to date branches
+  requiresStrictStatusChecks: false
+  # List of required status check contexts that must pass for commits to be accepted to matching branches.
+  requiredStatusCheckContexts:
+    - 'Kokoro'
+    - 'Kokoro system-3.8'
+    - 'cla/google'
+# List of explicit permissions to add (additive only)
+permissionRules:
+    # Team slug to add to repository permissions
+  - team: yoshi-admins
+    # Access level required, one of push|pull|admin|maintain|triage
+    permission: admin
+    # Team slug to add to repository permissions
+  - team: yoshi-python-admins
+    # Access level required, one of push|pull|admin|maintain|triage
+    permission: admin
+      # Team slug to add to repository permissions
+  - team: yoshi-python
+    # Access level required, one of push|pull|admin|maintain|triage
+    permission: push