Collaborative Development of Machine Learning Pipelines on GitHub

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To facilitate collaborative development of machine learning pipelines on GitHub using Pulumi, we can set up a GitHub repository that will contain the machine learning codebase, including data processing scripts, machine learning models, and evaluation scripts. Additionally, we can create teams and set permissions to manage collaborators effectively. We will also configure GitHub actions for continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) to automate testing and deployment of the pipeline.

In the following program, I'm going to use several Pulumi resources to set up a GitHub repository, manage access permissions, and create an automated CI/CD pipeline:

- `github.Repository`: This resource is used to create a new repository on GitHub where the machine learning pipelines and related code will be stored.
- `github.Team`: This represents a team in GitHub which can be associated with repositories to manage permissions.
- `github.RepositoryCollaborator`: Represents a collaborator with access to the repository. Collaborators can be given various levels of access.
- `github.Branch`: To create branches in the repository that will help to manage the code development lifecycle, like features, hotfixes, and releases.

```python
import pulumi
import pulumi_github as github

# Creating a new GitHub repository for the machine learning pipeline
ml_repo = github.Repository("ml_pipeline",
    name="machine-learning-pipeline",
    description="Repository for developing machine learning pipelines",
    visibility="public",  # "public" or "private"
    has_issues=True,
    has_projects=True,
    has_wiki=False,  # Assuming that the wiki is not needed
)

# Creating a GitHub team to manage access to the machine learning pipeline repository
ml_team = github.Team("ml_team",
    name="ML Team",
    description="Team responsible for the machine learning pipeline development",
)

# Giving the machine learning team push access to the repository
github.TeamRepository("ml_team_repo",
    team_id=ml_team.id,
    repository=ml_repo.name,
    permission="push",
)

# Adding a collaborator to the repository
github.RepositoryCollaborator("collaborator",
    repository=ml_repo.name,
    username="collaborator_username",  # Replace with the actual collaborator's GitHub username
    permission="pull"  # "pull", "push" or "admin"
)

# You can repeat the RepositoryCollaborator resource block to add more collaborators as needed.

# Setting up a branch for the development work
main_branch = github.Branch("main_branch",
    branch="main",
    repository=ml_repo.name,
)

# Exporting the repository URL
pulumi.export("repository_url", ml_repo.clone_url)
```

In this program, we created a GitHub repository and a team with the name "ML Team" to collaborate on machine learning pipelines. We also added a collaborator with `pull` access, which means they can clone the repository and fetch updates but cannot push changes. If you want to allow them to push changes, change the `permission` to `"push"`. The repository is set up with issues and projects enabled for easier project management, while the wiki is disabled as it was assumed not needed for this project.

Each team and collaborator can be configured with different levels of permissions depending on the requirements of your project, allowing you to effectively manage who can read, write, or administer the repository.

Finally, we exported the repository's clone URL, allowing other Pulumi programs to access this repository if needed.

Next steps after this program will involve setting up GitHub Actions workflows, which are not in the scope of Pulumi's resources, but can be defined using Files and can be committed to the repository using additional automation or manually to set up the continuous integration and delivery for the Machine Learning pipeline.