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+# https://github.com/googleapis/repo-automation-bots/tree/master/packages/sync-repo-settings
+# Rules for master branch protection
+branchProtectionRules:
+# Identifies the protection rule pattern. Name of the branch to be protected.
+# Defaults to `master`
+- pattern: master
+  requiredStatusCheckContexts:
+    - 'Kokoro'
+    - 'Kokoro snippets-3.8'
+    - 'cla/google'
+    - 'Samples - Lint'
+    - 'Samples - Python 3.6'
+    - 'Samples - Python 3.7'
+    - 'Samples - Python 3.8'