Set a Default Reviewer
I Do Pull Requests in a Repo Where It's Always the Same Person Reviewing. I Would Like to Set Him as the Default Reviewer So That I Don't Always Have to Choose...
I do pull requests in a repo where it's always the same person reviewing. I would like to set him as the default reviewer so that I don't always have to choose him at each pull request, it'd be automatic. How to do that ?
2 Answers
GitHub has the ability to set the default reviewer using a CODEOWNERS file.
Code owners are automatically requested for review when someone opens a pull request that modifies code that they own. When someone with admin permissions has enabled required reviews, they can optionally require approval from a code owner.
To use a CODEOWNERS file, create a new file called CODEOWNERS in the root,
docs/, or.github/directory of the repository, in the branch where you'd like to add the code owners.
You should add .github/CODEOWNERS file with users to send PR to.
Example to send PR for any change on codebase represented by *:
## code changes will send PR to following users
* @option1-user1 @option1-user2 @option2-your-org/team-name
See:
Note: .github/CODEOWNERS should be in main branch to be effective.
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