From ff7561948d12032ae95ea0a81e43f351ced61d45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Geoff Pleiss <824157+gpleiss@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:34:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update github setup instructions

---
 course-setup.qmd | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/course-setup.qmd b/course-setup.qmd
index 505080e..1996856 100644
--- a/course-setup.qmd
+++ b/course-setup.qmd
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ of Stat 406.
 ## Create a GitHub.com organization
 
 * This is free for faculty with instructor credentials.
+  * **Note** make sure you upgrade the organization to a "Github Team."
+    If you have registered your instructor credentials with Github,
+    you should be able to upgrade for free from the [Github Global Campus](https://education.github.com/globalcampus/teacher) page
+    under "Upgrade your academic organizations."
 * Allows more comprehensive GitHub actions, PR templates and CODEOWNER behaviour
 than the UBC Enterprise version (last I checked)
 * Downside is getting students added (though we include R scripts for this)
@@ -103,6 +107,12 @@ junk into these repos.
   when the PR is opened.
 * Under Settings > General, select "Template repository". This makes it easier 
 to duplicate to the student repos.
+* Setup branch protection rules for the `main` branch.
+  Create a new ruleset for default branches, and select the following:
+  * Require a pull request before merging
+  * Require review from Code Owners
+  * Block force pushes \
+  I recommend adding the @TAs team to the bypass list.
 
 ### Labs