From a9ca80e4903e9d43b736c653ef044307ab96cc0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AnimeGitB <AnimeGitB@bigblueball.in>
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2022 15:38:27 +0930
Subject: [PATCH] Forbid PRs from modifying certain files

---
 .github/workflows/protect_files.yml | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 CONTRIBUTING.md                     |  1 +
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/protect_files.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/protect_files.yml b/.github/workflows/protect_files.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a34895ce0d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/protect_files.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: Protect write-access files from being PR'd
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - reopened
+    branches:
+      - development
+    paths:
+      - '.github/'
+      - '.editorconfig'
+      - 'CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md'
+      - 'CONTRIBUTING.md'
+      - 'LICENSE'
+
+jobs:
+  run:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: superbrothers/close-pull-request@v3
+        with:
+          comment: "This PR has been closed for modifying protected files. See `CONTIBUTING.md` for more information."
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e202898dcae..fd62b1de7f8 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ Your code should follow the standards set below:
     - Dependencies that use a separate language (ex. Kotlin) that can run on a JVM are acceptable.
     - Dependencies that require the use of native code (ex. JNI) are prohibited.
     - Directly adding foreign code (other languages, ex. Kotlin) into the main codebase is prohibited.
+- Certain files and folders are forbidden to modify in Pull Requests and may only be changed by Write-Access members. The current list for this can be found in `.github/workflows/protect_files.yml`.
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