Default repository permission setting for new projects

Problem to solve

When creating new projects in Gitlab. There is no way to set the default Repository access to project members only.

Further details

When the default project is set to Internal. I want everyone that has a login to have Guest access to a new project, but I don't want them necessarily have access to the Repository and download code. The Settings are there to do this but the default settings is to allow everyone access to the repository.

Proposal

Have a configuration setting that will allow us to set the default project access to Repository.

What does success look like, and how can we measure that?

Configuration available to set.

Links / references

Initially created a forum post that had no responses https://forum.gitlab.com/t/new-project-repository-default-permissions/19284