From 1858e4f90299ab6ae2fa937cd9c033c238540336 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tomo Suzuki <suztomo@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 11:20:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat: next release from main branch is 2.9.0 (#354)

Release-brancher via go/backport-releases:

```
release-brancher create-pull-request \
  --branch-name="2.8.x" \
  --target-tag="v2.8.3" \
  --repo="googleapis/java-common-protos" \
  --pull-request-title="feat: next release from main branch is 2.9.0" \
  --release-type=java-backport --github-token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}
```
---
 .github/release-please.yml      |  4 ++++
 .github/sync-repo-settings.yaml | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/release-please.yml b/.github/release-please.yml
index f8a70319..e5028553 100644
--- a/.github/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/release-please.yml
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@ branches:
     handleGHRelease: true
     releaseType: java-backport
     branch: 2.6.x
+  - bumpMinorPreMajor: true
+    handleGHRelease: true
+    releaseType: java-backport
+    branch: 2.8.x
diff --git a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
index 70835c79..6f1ecd85 100644
--- a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
+++ b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
@@ -47,6 +47,21 @@ branchProtectionRules:
       - 'Kokoro - Test: Integration'
       - cla/google
       - OwlBot Post Processor
+  - pattern: 2.8.x
+    isAdminEnforced: true
+    requiredApprovingReviewCount: 1
+    requiresCodeOwnerReviews: true
+    requiresStrictStatusChecks: false
+    requiredStatusCheckContexts:
+      - dependencies (8)
+      - dependencies (11)
+      - lint
+      - clirr
+      - units (8)
+      - units (11)
+      - 'Kokoro - Test: Integration'
+      - cla/google
+      - OwlBot Post Processor
 permissionRules:
   - team: yoshi-admins
     permission: admin