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authorDouwe Maan <douwe@gitlab.com>2018-09-12 14:23:34 +0000
committerDouwe Maan <douwe@gitlab.com>2018-09-12 14:23:34 +0000
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Merge branch 'code_review-assign-maintainers-different-team' into 'master'
Update code_review.md to include a recommendation for assigning maintainers from different teams See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!21644
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@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ There are a few rules to get your merge request accepted:
ask or assign any [reviewers][projects] for a first review.
1. If you need some guidance (e.g. it's your first merge request), feel free
to ask one of the [Merge request coaches][team].
- 1. The reviewer will assign the merge request to a maintainer once the
- reviewer is satisfied with the state of the merge request.
+ 1. It is recommended that you assign a maintainer that is from a different team than your own.
+ This ensures that all code across GitLab is consistent and can be easily understood by all contributors.
+
1. Keep in mind that maintainers are also going to perform a final code review.
The ideal scenario is that the reviewer has already addressed any concerns
the maintainer would have found, and the maintainer only has to perform the