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+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Apache Software Foundation GitHub Repository Configuration
+# Documentation: https://infra.apache.org/asf-yaml.html
+#
+# This .asf.yaml file configures repository settings and ASF
+# infrastructure integration, automating and standardizing project
+# management aspects.  Changes to this file will be automatically
+# applied by ASF infrastructure.
+#
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# GitHub repository configuration and metadata
+github:
+  # Project description shown on GitHub repository page
+  description: An open-source library for scalable in-database analytics, supporting PostgreSQL, Greenplum Database and Apache Cloudberry.
+
+  # Project website URL
+  homepage: https://madlib.apache.org/
+
+  # Repository topics/tags for discoverability
+  labels:
+    - madlib
+    - machine-learning
+    - big-data
+    - data-science
+    - data-analysis
+    - postgres
+    - greenplum
+    - cloudberry
+    - ai
+    - sql
+
+  # GitHub repository feature toggles
+  features:
+    # Enable GitHub wiki as documentation is maintained elsewhere
+    wiki: false
+    # Enable GitHub Issues for bug tracking and feature requests
+    issues: true
+    # Enable GitHub Projects for project management and planning
+    projects: true
+    # Enable GitHub Discussions for community discussions
+    discussions: true
+
+  # Configure available merge strategies for pull requests
+  enabled_merge_buttons:
+    # Enable squash merging to maintain clean history
+    squash: true
+    # Disable standard merge commits
+    merge: false
+    # Enable rebase merging for linear history
+    rebase: true
+
+  # Branch protection rules for the main branch
+  protected_branches:
+    madlib2-master:
+      # Require status checks to pass before merging
+      required_status_checks:
+        # Require branches to be up to date before merging
+        strict: true
+
+        # Required status checks that must pass
+        # Note: These contexts match the exact job names in GitHub
+        # Actions workflows. They do not include the workflow name as a
+        # prefix
+        # contexts:
+        #
+        # Leave it as blank. We can add the checks later if move to 
+        # GitHub actions
+
+      # Pull request review requirements
+      required_pull_request_reviews:
+        # Require new reviews when new commits are pushed
+        dismiss_stale_reviews: false
+        # Require at least 1 approving reviews
+        required_approving_review_count: 1
+
+      # Enforce linear commit history
+      required_linear_history: true
+
+      # Don't require commits to be signed
+      required_signatures: false
+
+      # Require conversation threads to be resolved
+      required_conversation_resolution: true
+
+  # Branch cleanup settings
+  # Don't automatically delete branches after merging
+  del_branch_on_merge: true
+
+  # Dependabot security settings
+  # Enable security vulnerability alerts
+  dependabot_alerts: true
+  # Disable automated dependency updates
+  dependabot_updates: false
+
+  # Protected tag patterns
+  # Release tag like rel/v2.1.0
+  protected_tags:
+    - "rel/*"
+
+# Notification routing configuration
+notifications:
+  # Route all commit notifications to commits mailing list
+  commits: commits@madlib.apache.org
+  # Route issue notifications to issues mailing list
+  issues: issues@madlib.apache.org
+  # Route pull request notifications to commits mailing list
+  pullrequests: commits@madlib.apache.org
+  # Route discussion notifications to dev mailing list
+  discussions: dev@madlib.apache.org
+  # Route dependabot pull request notifications to private mailing list
+  pullrequests_bot_dependabot: private@madlib.apache.org