.github

Used for certain git default files for any repository that do not have a copy of those files. (Note: this repository has to be kept public)

GitHub will use and display default files for any repository owned by the account that does not have its own file of that type in any of the following places:

• the root of the repository
• the .github folder
• the docs folder

For more details, See the github documentation.

.github/delete-merged-branch-config.yml

We are using it for the default configuration of delete-merge-branch app, used to auto-delete our branch after merge. Use it to add any branch that should never be deleted.

Here is an example usage:

exclude:
    - master
    - staging
    - production
    - release*
delete_closed_pr: false