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+description: "A small Go tool, shipped as a container image, used as a Kubernetes initContainer to block an app from starting until its database is ready."
+private: false
+default_branch: "main"
+default_delete_branch_after_merge: true
+default_merge_style: "squash"
+# branch_protection is intentionally omitted on creation: the required Woodpecker
+# status checks do not exist until the repo is created and its first pipeline
+# runs, so requiring them up front would block the very first PR. Add protection
+# in a follow-up PR (mirroring node-lookup.yaml) once CI is green.