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+# A CODEOWNERS file indicates to GitHub which committer(s) should be
+# considered the owners of specific files/subtrees within the repo.
+# Owners will be automatically review-requested on any PR that changes
+# files they own.
+
+/.github/ @ferdnyc
+
+/.gitlab-ci.yml @ferdnyc
+/.gitignore @ferdnyc
+
+/.editorconfig @ferdnyc
+
+/docs/*.py @ferdnyc
+/docs/*.txt @ferdnyc
+/doc/*.py @ferdnyc
+/doc/*.txt @ferdnyc
+