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diff --git a/doc/user/project/code_owners.md b/doc/user/project/code_owners.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a4937e6cf6b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/user/project/code_owners.md @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +# Code Owners **[STARTER]** + +> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/6916) +in [GitLab Starter](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 11.3. + +You can use a `CODEOWNERS` file to specify users that are responsible +for certain files in a repository. + +You can choose and add the `CODEOWNERS` file in three places: + +- to the root directory of the repository +- inside the `.gitlab/` directory +- inside the `docs/` directory + +The `CODEOWNERS` file is scoped to a branch, which means that with the +introduction of new files, the person adding the new content can +specify themselves as a code owner, all before the new changes +get merged to the default branch. + +When a file matches multiple entries in the `CODEOWNERS` file, +the users from all entries are displayed on the blob page of +the given file. + +## The syntax of Code Owners files + +Files can be specified using the same kind of patterns you would use +in the `.gitignore` file followed by the `@username` or email of one +or more users that should be owners of the file. + +The order in which the paths are defined is significant: the last +pattern that matches a given path will be used to find the code +owners. + +Starting a line with a `#` indicates a comment. This needs to be +escaped using `\#` to address files for which the name starts with a +`#`. + +Example `CODEOWNERS` file: + +``` +# This is an example code owners file, lines starting with a `#` will +# be ignored. + +# app/ @commented-rule + +# We can specifiy a default match using wildcards: +* @default-codeowner + +# Rules defined later in the file take precedence over the rules +# defined before. +# This will match all files for which the file name ends in `.rb` +*.rb @ruby-owner + +# Files with a `#` can still be accesssed by escaping the pound sign +\#file_with_pound.rb @owner-file-with-pound + +# Multiple codeowners can be specified, separated by whitespace +CODEOWNERS @multiple @owners @tab-separated + +# Both usernames or email addresses can be used to match +# users. Everything else will be ignored. For example this will +# specify `@legal` and a user with email `janedoe@gitlab.com` as the +# owner for the LICENSE file +LICENSE @legal this_does_not_match janedoe@gitlab.com + +# Ending a path in a `/` will specify the code owners for every file +# nested in that directory, on any level +/docs/ @all-docs + +# Ending a path in `/*` will specify code owners for every file in +# that directory, but not nested deeper. This will match +# `docs/index.md` but not `docs/projects/index.md` +/docs/* @root-docs + +# This will make a `lib` directory nested anywhere in the repository +# match +lib/ @lib-owner + +# This will only match a `config` directory in the root of the +# repository +/config/ @config-owner + +# If the path contains spaces, these need to be escaped like this: +path\ with\ spaces/ @space-owner +``` |