Issue Summary

Creating a README or gitignore on a new repo that has its main branch write restricted does not create the README or gitignore.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a branch restriction at the project level for the main branch

1. 1. “Only specific people or groups have write access” → “Nobody has write access”

1. Create a new repository in the project

1. 1. Specify main as the default branch name

1. 1. Select either “Include a README?” or “Include .gitignore?”

1. You will be redirected to the new repository

1. Expected Results

Expected Results

The repo has 1 branch, main, and the .gitignore and/or README exists.

Actual Results

The new repository has no branches, nor does it have a .gitignore or README (either would require a branch to have been created).

Workaround

An admin who does have write access to the restricted branch must create the branch in the repo, and make an initial commit.