Organization default: "Automatically delete head branches" for new repositories

[DanielWTQ]

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In our organization, we have enabled the "Automatically delete head branches" option[1] on existing repositories. However, we sometimes forget to enable this for new repositories. I have searched for documentation on enabling this by default for an organization, or otherwise applying it automatically, and come up empty. The closest I could find was a discussion (#24768) where it was mentioned that there is an API that can be used to configure this setting, so we could create a bot to periodically enable it everywhere, but that seems like a less-than-ideal approach.

Is there a way for an organization to be set up so that all future repositories that are created have "Automatically delete head branches" enable? If yes, this is a request for documentation on how to do that. If not, this is a request to add such a feature.

[1] https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/configuring-pull-request-merges/managing-the-automatic-deletion-of-branches

[ontramatt]

Upvote for this, would be an excellent org-wide default setting.

[salvisolamartinell]

Please upvote on the original post, not on this comment.

[waldnzwrld]

I would also like to see this, It would be extremely useful as I build out new projects.