#GitHub

Refer to the following table for the supported object types you can protect in GitHub.

#Repository properties

Data Types	Sub Data Types	Backup	Export	Restore
Name		Supported	Supported	Supported
Description		Supported	Supported	Supported
Refs		Supported	Supported	Supported
Visibility	Public	Supported	Supported	Supported
Visibility	Private	Supported	Supported	Supported
Branched		Supported	Supported	Supported
Commits		Supported	Supported	Supported
Tags		Supported	Supported	Supported
Objects		Supported	Supported	Supported
Commit timeline		Supported	Supported	Supported
LFS files		Supported	Supported	Supported
Fork from		Supported	Supported	Unsupported
Size		Supported	Supported	Supported
Languages		Supported	Supported	Supported
Star		Supported	Supported	Unsupported
Release		Supported	Supported	Supported
Git URL		Supported	Supported	Supported
Created/Updated At		Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported

#Repository Setting_General

Data Types	Sub Data Types	Backup	Export	Restore
Name		Supported	Supported	Supported
Template repository		Supported	Supported	Supported
Require contributors to sign off on web-based commits		Supported	Supported	Supported
Default branch		Supported	Supported	Supported
Enable release immutability		Supported	Supported	Supported
Wikis		Supported	Supported	Supported
Issues integrate lightweight task tracking into your repository		Supported	Supported	Supported
Allow forking	Checked	Supported	Supported	Supported
Allow forking	Unchecked	Supported	Supported	Supported
Sponsorships	Checked	Supported	Supported	Unsupported
Sponsorships	Unchecked	Supported	Supported	Supported
Preserve this repository	Checked	Supported	Supported	Supported
Preserve this repository	Unchecked	Supported	Supported	Unsupported
Discussions Loading		Supported	Supported	Supported
Projects	Checked	Supported	Supported	Supported
Projects	Unchecked	Supported	Supported	Supported
Allow merge commits		Supported	Supported	Supported
Allow squash merging		Supported	Supported	Supported
Allow rebase merging		Supported	Supported	Supported
Always suggest updating pull request branches		Supported	Supported	Supported
Allow auto-merge		Supported	Supported	Supported
Automatically delete head branches		Supported	Supported	Supported
Include Git LFS objects in archives		Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported
Auto-close issues with merged linked pull requests		Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported
Limit how many branches and tags can be updated in a single push		Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported
Branch protection rules		Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported

#Repository other setting

Data Types	Backup	Export	Restore
Collaborators and teams tab	Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported
Branches tab	Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported
Tags tab	Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported
Rule tab	Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported
Actions tab	Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported
Models tab	Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported
Webhooks tab	Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported
Copilot tab	Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported
Environment tab	Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported
Page tab	Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported
Custom properties tab	Unsupported(planned for availability in the April 2026 release)	Unsupported(planned for availability in the April 2026 release)	Unsupported(planned for availability in the April 2026 release)
Advanced security tab	Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported

#Branch overview

Data Types	Backup	Export	Restore
Branch name	Supported	Supported	Supported
Update time	Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported
Check status	Supported	Unsupported	Supported
Behind/Ahead	Supported	Unsupported	Supported
Commit	Supported	Supported	Supported
Pull request	Supported	Unsupported	Supported
Folder	Supported	Supported	Supported
File	Supported	Supported	Supported
Number of branches	Supported	Unsupported	Supported

#Branch Activity

Data Types	Backup	Export	Restore
Created file	Supported	Unsupported	Supported
Update file	Supported	Unsupported	Supported
Add file via upload	Supported	Unsupported	Supported
All Activity	Supported	Unsupported	Unsupported
All user	Supported	Unsupported	Unsupported
All time	Supported	Unsupported	Unsupported

#Open issue

Data Types	Sub Data Types	Backup	Export	Restore
Title		Supported	Supported	Supported
Description		Supported	Supported	Supported
File		Supported	Supported	Supported
Assignees		Supported	Supported	Supported
Label	All labels	Supported	Supported	Supported
Type	All types	Supported	Supported	Supported
Project		Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported
Milestone		Supported	Supported	Supported
Author		Supported	Supported	Supported
Status		Supported	Supported	Supported
Relationship		Supported	Supported	Supported
Development		Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported
Comment		Supported	Supported	Supported
Sub-issue		Supported	Supported	Supported
Creation date		Supported	Supported	Unsupported

#Close issue

Data Types	Backup	Export	Restore
Author	Supported	Supported	Supported
Labels	Supported	Supported	Supported
Project	Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported
Milestones	Supported	Supported	Supported
Assignees	Supported	Supported	Supported
Types	Supported	Supported	Supported

#Open Pull request

Data Types	Backup	Export	Restore
Title	Supported	Supported	Supported
Description	Supported	Supported	Supported
File	Supported	Supported	Supported
Reviewers	Supported	Supported	Supported
Assignees	Supported	Supported	Supported
Label	Supported	Supported	Supported
Project	Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported
Milestone	Supported	Supported	Supported
Development	Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported
Commit	Supported	Supported	Unsupported
File change	Supported	Supported	Unsupported
Comment	Supported	Supported	Supported
Commit_count	Supported	Supported	Unsupported
File change_count	Supported	Supported	Unsupported
Participant	Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported
Commit from A into B	Supported	Supported	Unsupported

#Closed pull request

Data Types	Backup	Export	Restore
Title	Supported	Supported	Supported
Author	Supported	Supported	Supported
Project	Unsupported	Unsupported	Unsupported
Milestones	Supported	Supported	Supported
Reviews	Supported	Supported	Unsupported
Assignee	Supported	Supported	Supported
Label	Supported	Supported	Supported

#Release

Data Types	Backup	Export	Restore
Title	Supported	Supported	Supported
Description	Supported	Supported	Supported
File	Supported	Supported	Supported
Link	Supported	Supported	Supported
Mentions	Supported	Supported	Supported
Reference	Supported	Supported	Supported
Status	Supported	Supported	Supported
Tag	Supported	Supported	Supported
Target	Supported	Supported	Supported
Binaries	Supported	Supported	Supported
Author	Supported	Supported	Supported
Default Assets	Supported	Supported	Supported
Reaction	Supported	Supported	Supported
Contributor	Supported	Supported	Supported

#Draft release

Data Types	Backup	Export	Restore
Title	Supported	Supported	Supported
Description	Supported	Unsupported	Supported
File	Supported	Supported	Supported
Link	Supported	Unsupported	Supported
Mentions	Supported	Unsupported	Supported
Reference	Supported	Unsupported	Supported
Status tag(draft)	Supported	Unsupported	Supported
Binaries = Custom asset	Supported	Supported	Supported
Author	Supported	Unsupported	Supported
Contributor	Supported	Unsupported	Supported

#Release assets restore properties

Data Types	Backup	Export	Restore
Default assets	Supported	Supported	Supported
Custom asset	Supported	Supported	Supported
Title	Supported	Supported	Supported
File source code (zip)	Supported	Supported	Supported
File source code(tar.gz)	Supported	Supported	Supported
Custom asset file (binaries)	Supported	Supported	Supported
Custom file's size	Supported	Supported	Supported