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GitHub Policy

This repository attempts to demonstrate how colleagues can implement the GitHub Policy (Link to internal site, not accessible externally) created by ONS' Software Engineering Community.

Account and Profile

• 2.1 Account Creation
• 2.2 Profile Information

Managing Movers, Leavers and Joiners

• 3.1 New Joiner
• 3.2 Leaver
• 3.3 Audit

Repository Management

• 4.1 Repository Creation
• 4.2 Private Internal Repository Information
• 4.3 README Files
• 4.4 Licensing
• 4.5 .gitignore
• 4.6 Documentation
• 4.7 Archiving Repositories

Collaboration and Communication

• 5.1 Team Names
• 5.2 Collaboration through teams
• 5.3 Code of Conduct
• 5.4 Collaboration Workflow
• 5.5 Unsolicited pull requests
• 5.6 Branching Strategy
• 5.7 Branch Protection rules
• 5.8 Signed Commits

Security and Compliance

• 6.1 Privacy Settings
• 6.2 Security
• 6.3 Compliance

Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD)

• 7.1 CI/CD Pipelines

Reporting Issues

• 8.1 Reporting Security Concerns

Compliance and Enforcement

• 9.1 Policy Violations
• 9.2 Policy Enforcement Teams
• 9.3 Periodic Audits

Exceptions Process

• 10 Exceptions Process

Retrospective Implementation

• 11 Retrospective Implementation