CODEOWNERS file
A CODEOWNERS file is a repository configuration file that maps file paths to people or teams responsible for reviewing changes to those paths.
"Looks Good to Me"
A repository configuration file that associates changed file paths with the people or teams responsible for reviewing them.
- How it is used
- Automates pull-request reviewer assignment from changed file paths and ownership rules.
- How deep it goes
- Explains placement, base-branch behavior, pattern precedence, and owner forms through an annotated example.
- Examples
- Uses global owners, JSX and Python patterns, email ownership, team ownership, and extension-based Azure Repos rules.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure automated review requests for repository paths and route changes to designated people or teams.
Automating API Delivery
A CODEOWNERS file is a repository configuration file that maps specified files, file types, or directories to the individuals or teams responsible for reviewing changes.
- How it is used
- Routes API governance review into pull requests for selected API definitions, documentation, files, file types, or directories.
- How deep it goes
- Explains ownership, repository placement, collaborator access, branch protection, and verification, but not platform-specific pattern syntax.
- Examples
- Demonstrates ownership for the chapter8/apis directory, API definition files, and documentation changes requiring governance approval.
- What you can do after
- Operate repository governance by configuring ownership, collaborators, branch protection, required checks, and review verification.
Related concepts
- code ownershipconfigures · Code ownership is the assignment of responsibility for reviewing, maintaining, or evolving specified source code or software components.
- reviewer assignmentconfigures · The process of selecting and assigning people or groups to review a proposed code change.
- reviewerconfigures · A reviewer is a person who examines an artifact, claim, or proposed change against relevant criteria and provides feedback or an assessment.
- repositorypart of · A software repository is an organized storage location or collection of project files and related artifacts, often managed with version history and change tracking.
- branch protectionconfigured by · Branch protection is a repository policy that restricts changes or operations on a branch unless specified conditions, such as checks or approvals, are met.
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