How to Encode Service Ownership With CODEOWNERS

A CODEOWNERS file maps repo paths to owning teams so GitHub auto-requests the right reviewers.

Put a CODEOWNERS file in .github/, map paths to teams, and enable required review from code owners. Keep the owner team the same one named in catalog-info.yaml so ownership is consistent everywhere.

Steps

• Add .github/CODEOWNERS.
• Map globs to @org/team handles (later rules win).
• Enable Require review from Code Owners in branch protection.
• Match the owning team to the catalog spec.owner.

CODEOWNERS

# Default owner for everything
*                 @my-org/team-payments

# Infra changes need the platform team too
/.github/         @my-org/team-platform
/terraform/       @my-org/team-platform

Gotchas

• The last matching pattern wins, so put broad defaults first and specific paths last.
• A team can only be auto-requested if it has at least read access to the repository.

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