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The help text for a Ruleset on a repository reads "Exempt roles, teams, or apps from this ruleset by adding them to the bypass list.":
This sounds like a really useful feature, but that's not what the bypass list actually does. Experimentation shows that the bypass list does not bypass the listed actor from the Ruleset. Instead, it allows the listed actor to click the "bypass TODO" button on a pull request:
A more accurate description for the "bypass list" would be: "Allow roles, teams, or apps to manually bypass branch protections. This ruleset will still effect these teams, but they may opt-out on a case-by-case basis.".
The existing help text cost me several hours, since I assumed that a bypassed ruleset would not effect actors that were "exempt".
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The help text for a Ruleset on a repository reads "Exempt roles, teams, or apps from this ruleset by adding them to the bypass list.":
This sounds like a really useful feature, but that's not what the bypass list actually does. Experimentation shows that the bypass list does not bypass the listed actor from the Ruleset. Instead, it allows the listed actor to click the "bypass TODO" button on a pull request:
A more accurate description for the "bypass list" would be: "Allow roles, teams, or apps to manually bypass branch protections. This ruleset will still effect these teams, but they may opt-out on a case-by-case basis.".
The existing help text cost me several hours, since I assumed that a bypassed ruleset would not effect actors that were "exempt".
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