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Investigate code owners to better suggest PR reviewers

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Description

https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/about-code-owners

This github feature may help better suggest who should be reviewing sections of the code.

For example:

  • default: jamiebramwell, white238
  • src/serac/infrastructure : white238, chapman39
  • src/numerics/functional: samuelpmishLLNL

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the linked GitHub CODEOWNERS documentation, then inspect the repository's current pull-request review workflow. Determine whether code-owner-based reviewer suggestions fit the project and define what behavior would count as complete.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
github
Domain
developer-experience
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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