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Governance Model

The bijux-iac governance model is simple on purpose: repository policy should be reviewed, versioned, and rolled out through the same engineering discipline as source changes.

Control-Plane Flow

graph LR
    inventory["repository inventory"] --> policy["Terraform policy definitions"]
    policy --> review["reviewed pull request"]
    review --> apply["applied GitHub controls"]
    apply --> repos["governed repositories"]
    repos --> checks["named checks and merge rules"]

What This Model Enforces

  • repository policy moves through pull requests instead of private admin edits
  • branch protection and required checks are named and inspectable
  • governance can be rolled out across repositories without hand-tuning each one
  • the foundations are governed by the same review model as the consuming repositories

What This Avoids

  • direct main drift that only exists in GitHub settings
  • different merge behavior across repositories with the same public posture
  • undocumented exceptions that only make sense to the current maintainer
  • governance logic hidden inside application repositories

Why It Matters In Practice

When this model is visible, the rule has a home, changes have a path, and the governed surfaces stay easier to trust over time.

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