Create a .github/settings.yml file in your repository. Changes to this file on the default branch will be synced to GitHub.
All sections are optional. Some do have required fields.
Find details about each available section in their own page:
This app is built with probot, and thus uses the octokit-plugin-config. This means you can inherit settings from another repo, and only override what you want to change.
Individual settings in the arrays listed under labels, teams, and branches will be merged with the base repo if the name of an element in the array matches the name of an element in the corresponding array in the base repo.
A possible future enhancement would be to make that work for the other settings arrays based on username, or title.
This is not currently supported.
Inheritance within the Protected Branches plugin allows you to override specific settings per branch.
For example, your .github repo may set default protection on the master branch.
You can then include master in your branches array, and only override the required_approving_review_count.
Alternatively, you might only have a branch like develop in your branches array, and would still get master protection from your base repo.