Code ownership is defined as a strict ruleset. Files can be assigned to owners. To define rulesets for code ownership, we make use of the CODEOWNERS format. CODEOWNERS files contain a sequence of ...

CODEOWNERS files contain a sequence of matching rules - a glob pattern and zero or more owners. A repository has at most one CODEOWNERS file.

To initiate code owners within a GitHub repository, you have to create a new file called CODEOWNERS in the root directory that adheres roughly to the following format: ...

Jack Wallen shows how to use the .gitconfig file for global git configurations and a more efficient developer setup.