protect main branch

[chadoh]

Need to make sure the workflow on the dev branch can still push to it, though. Some workarounds to enable this: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/13836

[BlaineHeffron]

quoted from that discussion thread:

There now is the new Do not require status checks on creation option which finally solved this for me:
https://github.blog/changelog/2024-07-31-repository-updates-july-31st-2024/#avoid-required-status-checks-and-required-workflows-when-creating-branches