Good news! If you've been looking for an easy method of setting the default access for a repository across your organization, we've got you covered. Introducing repository-level default privileges:
These complement the existing default org-wide repository privileges.
Such that the privilege for a user is the greatest privilege granted to them via:
Now you've got the flexibility you need to create a repository with a common level of access for all organization members without compromising any other repository in the org.