Engineering Fundamentals Checklist

This checklist is excerpted from Microsoft and is very useful for reference.

Source Control

• The default target branch is locked.
• Merges are done through PRs.
• PRs reference related work items.
• Commit history is consistent and commit messages are informative (what, why).
• Consistent branch naming conventions.
• Clear documentation of repository structure.
• Secrets are not part of the commit history or made public. (see Credential scanning)
• Public repositories follow the OSS guidelines, see Required files in default branch for public repositories.