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Node.js is a tool for executing JavaScript in a variety of environments.

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repo rules

repo rules

An application to set up and enforce rules for all of your GitHub repositories:

  • enforce rules on all repositories or a sub selection using regex
  • ensure that all repositories only use squash merge and delete merged branch
  • ensure that matching repositories always have private visibility
  • ensure that only certain team is admin or maintainer of repositories with certain pattern
  • ensure that the default branch (or any branch) always requires GPG signatures on commit

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