diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 30bf8c2..ed1c0c6 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -7,5 +7,12 @@
         "out": true // set this to false to include "out" folder in search results
     },
     // Turn off tsc task auto detection since we have the necessary tasks as npm scripts
-    "typescript.tsc.autoDetect": "off"
+    "typescript.tsc.autoDetect": "off",
+    "git.branchProtection": [
+		"main"
+	],
+	"git.branchProtectionPrompt": "alwaysCommitToNewBranch",
+	"git.branchRandomName.enable": true,
+	"githubPullRequests.assignCreated": "${user}",
+	"githubPullRequests.defaultMergeMethod": "squash"
 }
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