This action can modify specified branch protection rules. Currently supported:

• Lock/unlock specific branch

To use action one can use code snippet below.

jobs:
  my_cool_locker:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Lock branch
        with:
          access-token: access_token_here
          repository-name: owner/repository
          branch-name: cool_branch
          lock: true
      - name: Unlock branch
        uses: lyubick/action-branch-protection@v1
        with:
          access-token: access_token_here
          repository-name: owner/repository
          branch-name: cool_branch
          lock: false

One should provide following parameters:

• access-token, required, should be a valid GitHub access token, classic or fine-grained. For fine-grained token one should use Repository permissions -> Administration -> Read and Write.
• repository-name, required, specify one's repository in a format owner/repo. One can use GitHub predefined variables to get current repository ${{ github.repository }}.
• branch-name, required, specify one's branch.
• lock, required, true if one wants to lock the branch and false otherwise.