From 3683d9141f694fe3f51aa1e8ea1b8cb61be493c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Khalim Conn-Kowlessar <kconnkowlessar@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:04:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] protecting pushes to dev

---
 .github/workflows/protect_releases.yml | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/protect_releases.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/protect_releases.yml b/.github/workflows/protect_releases.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cbd08e2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/protect_releases.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: Restrict PR source
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - dev
+
+jobs:
+  check-source-branch:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Fail if PR is not from main
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ github.head_ref }}" != "main" ]]; then
+            echo "Only PRs from main are allowed into dev"
+            exit 1
+          fi
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