This is a comment. Each line is a file pattern followed by one or more owners. These owners will be the default owners for everything in the repo. Unless a later match takes precedence, @global-owner1 and @global-owner2 will be requested for review when someone opens a pull request. @nashvan Order is important; the last matching pattern takes the most precedence. When someone opens a pull request that only modifies JS files, only @js-owner and not the global owner(s) will be requested for a review. *.js @js-owner You can also use email addresses if you prefer. They'll be used to look up users just like we do for commit author emails. *.go docs@example.com In this example, @doctocat owns any files in the build/logs directory at the root of the repository and any of its subdirectories. /build/logs/ @doctocat The docs/* pattern will match files like docs/getting-started.md but not further nested files like docs/build-app/troubleshooting.md. docs/* docs@example.com In this example, @octocat owns any file in an apps directory anywhere in your repository. apps/ @octocat In this example, @doctocat owns any file in the /docs directory in the root of your repository and any of its subdirectories. /docs/ @doctocat