GitHub lets maintainers turn off pull requests entirely
New repository settings for configuring pull request access
GitHub introduced two repository settings that give maintainers more control over contributions. One disables pull requests completely, hiding the tab and preventing anyone from viewing or opening them—useful for mirrors and read-only projects. The other restricts pull request creation to collaborators with write access, while keeping all pull requests visible and commentable. Both settings are available now for all public and private repositories under Settings > General > Features.
When disabled, the pull requests tab will not be visible. This means no one can see existing pull requests or open new ones.
- CrimsonRain
Locking down pr is the wrong approach (for most). Just provide a subtab inside PR tab that shows PRs from new people.
One tab for pr from contributors and users who already have PRs accepted in the repo.
Another tab from first time/no pr approved yet users. Maintainers can treat it as spam box if they want.
Occasionally, users can flag them as useful and maintainers can then look at them.
Give a button to move from others to PR tab.
Don't consider count of PRs inside others in the main count.
- asdfsa32
If the Microsoft purchase of Github wasn't a good indicator of the start of the end, this is it, I know a lot of people like to have "control" over things, but I have found so many fixes for software I use in un-merged PRs. Github moving towards closer and a closer system is good opp for alternatives to take some of that space. Nice.
- sampli
This is from February