Enabling & Configuring Merge Protections

1. Go to the Mergify dashboard
2. Click the Merge Protections section
3. Select your repository
4. Enable the feature and create rules

Enabling inserts a check named Mergify Merge Protections on each pull request. Mark it as required:

• GitHub Branch Protection: Settings → Branches → Add/Edit rule → Require status checks → select Mergify Merge Protections
• GitHub Rulesets: Settings → Rules → Select ruleset → Add required status check → Mergify Merge Protections

Once required, the check blocks merges whenever any active protection fails and explains why in its output & a summary comment.

• Safe to edit live; re-evaluations happen automatically.
• Renaming a rule only changes display text; logic is defined by the condition blocks.
• Remove obsolete rules to keep explanations short.