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diff --git a/doc/user/project/code_owners.md b/doc/user/project/code_owners.md index a95e4d2bc26..4068d8e056c 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/code_owners.md +++ b/doc/user/project/code_owners.md @@ -1,19 +1,12 @@ --- stage: Create group: Source Code -info: "To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments" -type: reference +info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments --- # Code Owners **(PREMIUM)** -> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/6916) in GitLab 11.3. -> - Code Owners for merge request approvals was [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/4418) in GitLab Premium 11.9. -> - Moved to GitLab Premium in 13.9. - -INFO: -Get access to Code Owners and more with a -[free 30-day trial of GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/free-trial/index.html?glm_source=docs.gitlab.com&glm_content=p-code-owners-docs). +> Moved to GitLab Premium in 13.9. Code Owners define who owns specific files or directories in a repository. @@ -283,3 +276,26 @@ model/db @database [DOCUMENTATION] README.md @docs ``` + +## Troubleshooting + +### Approvals shown as optional + +A Code Owner approval rule is optional if these conditions are not met: + +- The user or group are not a member of the project or parent group. +- [Code Owner approval on a protected branch](protected_branches.md#require-code-owner-approval-on-a-protected-branch) has not been set up. +- The section is [marked as optional](#make-a-code-owners-section-optional). + +### Approvals do not show + +Code Owner approval rules only update when the merge request is created. +If you update the `CODEOWNERS` file, close the merge request and create a new one. + +### User not shown as possible approver + +A user might not show as an approver on the Code Owner merge request approval rules. + +This result occurs when a rule prevents the specific user from approving the merge request. +Check the project +[merge request approval setting](merge_requests/approvals/settings.md#edit-merge-request-approval-settings). |