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+# This is a comment.
+# Each line is a file pattern followed by one or more owners.
+
+# These owners will be the default owners for everything in
+# the repo. Unless a later match takes precedence
+*       @ProgrammingByPermutation
+
+# Specifically protect the github folder since it controls
+# our code owners as well as our github actions.
+/.github/ @ProgrammingByPermutation