Ensure branch protection is enforced on the default branch

How it is checked

Audit method: Shell command

command -v glab >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
glab auth status >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
proj=$(glab repo view -F json 2>/dev/null) || exit 1
printf "%s" "$proj" | grep -q '"id":' && echo compliant || echo non-compliant

Expected output

compliant

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Perform the following to enforce branch protection on the main or default branch at the project level: 1. Navigate to your project page. 2. Select Settings > Repository. 3. Expand Protected branches. 4. Select Add protected branch. 5. From the Branch dropdown list, select the project's main or default branch. 6. Choose the roles who should be Allowed to merge and Allowed to push and merge for this protected default branch. 7. Select Protect. Perform the following to enforce branch protection on the main or default branch of new projects at the group level: 1. Navigate to the main page for your GitLab group. 2. Select Settings > Repository. 3. Expand Default branch 4. Enable initial default branch protection for the "main" or default branch of new repositories created in the group. 5. Select Save changes. Perform the following to enforce branch protection on the main branch of new projects at the instance level (self-managed GitLab administrators only): 1. Navigate to Admin Area. 2. Select Settings > Repository. 3. Expand Default branch. 4. Enable initial default branch protection for the "main" or default branch of new repositories created on this GitLab instance. 5. Select Save...

Check this host

Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.

tmaegis scan --target gitlab