Github Scaffolding 🔥🔥🔥🔥

A portable, self‑contained framework for bootstrapping GitHub repositories with consistent governance, branch management, and CI/CD automation. Drop the .github/ directory into any project to instantly enable standardized workflows and policies.

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✨ Features

• Branch Strategy

  • main for production
  • develop for integration
  • Convention‑based branches (feat/*, chore/*, bug/*, docs/*, test/*, etc.)
  • Config‑driven prefix rules defined in .github/branch_prefixes.json

• Automated Workflows

  • nightly.yaml → integrates all matching branches and runs tests
  • staging.yaml → promotes selected prefixes into a staging branch
  • release.yaml → prepares release and hotfix branches for production
  • CI hooks for linting, testing, and build validation

• Governance Files

  • Issue and PR templates
  • CODEOWNERS for clear responsibility
  • CONTRIBUTING.md and STYLE_GUIDE.md
  • Security and support policies

• Config‑Driven Design

  • JSON files define branch categories and rules
  • Workflows consume these configs, ensuring consistency across environments

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🚀 Getting Started

1. Copy the .github/ directory into your repository.
2. Adjust .github/branch_prefixes.json to match your branch naming conventions.
3. Push branches using the defined prefixes.
4. Let the workflows run — nightly integration, staging promotion, and release preparation are all automated.

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📂 Structure

.github/
  ├── branch_prefixes.json
  ├── workflows/
  │   ├── nightly.yaml
  │   ├── staging.yaml
  │   └── release.yaml
  ├── ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
  ├── PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
  ├── CODEOWNERS
  ├── CONTRIBUTING.md
  ├── STYLE_GUIDE.md
  ├── SECURITY.md
  └── SUPPORT.md

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🎯 Purpose

The goal of github_scaffolding is to make repository setup copy‑and‑run ready. By standardizing governance and automation, teams can focus on building software while relying on consistent, battle‑tested workflows.

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📜 License

MIT License — free to use, modify, and distribute.