Remove CODEOWNERS after auto reviewer assign is added #21862
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This repo has enabled auto code reviewer assign according to the git history. The .github/CODEOWNERS file is now outdated and not necessary. This change deleted this .github/CODEOWNERS file. Signed-off-by: Xin Wang <xiwang5@microsoft.com>
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Azure Pipelines could not run because the pipeline triggers exclude this branch/path. |
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hi @wangxin For the auto-assignment, could you clarify the mechanism in a bit more detail? Specifically, what are the reasons for moving away from the current approach? |
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Hi @StormLiangMS, I have just added background to the PR description. |
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@yxieca any thoughts? |
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What is the motivation for this PR? This repo has enabled auto code reviewer assign according to the git history. The .github/CODEOWNERS file is now outdated and not necessary. Background of auto code reviewer assign It is tedious to manually maintain the CODEOWNERS file. @nikamirrr from Nvidia contributed auto code reviewer assign workflow: https://github.com/sonic-net/sonic-mgmt/actions/workflows/code-reviewer-tagging.yml This automation automatically check git history of files updated by PR. Find out the previous contributors of the touched files and assign them as reviewer of the PR. This automation has 2 major benefits: No need to manually maintain the CODEOWNERS file. Automatically find the most appropriate owners/reviewers. Not able to find appropriate owner of code has been a pain point of community for quite some time. For details, please refer to https://github.com/sonic-net/sonic-pipelines/tree/main/scripts/code-owners How did you do it? This change deleted this .github/CODEOWNERS file. Signed-off-by: Xin Wang <xiwang5@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Priyansh Tratiya <ptratiya@microsoft.com>
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What is the motivation for this PR? This repo has enabled auto code reviewer assign according to the git history. The .github/CODEOWNERS file is now outdated and not necessary. Background of auto code reviewer assign It is tedious to manually maintain the CODEOWNERS file. @nikamirrr from Nvidia contributed auto code reviewer assign workflow: https://github.com/sonic-net/sonic-mgmt/actions/workflows/code-reviewer-tagging.yml This automation automatically check git history of files updated by PR. Find out the previous contributors of the touched files and assign them as reviewer of the PR. This automation has 2 major benefits: No need to manually maintain the CODEOWNERS file. Automatically find the most appropriate owners/reviewers. Not able to find appropriate owner of code has been a pain point of community for quite some time. For details, please refer to https://github.com/sonic-net/sonic-pipelines/tree/main/scripts/code-owners How did you do it? This change deleted this .github/CODEOWNERS file. Signed-off-by: Xin Wang <xiwang5@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Saravanan Sellappa <saravanan@nexthop.ai>
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Description of PR
Summary:
Fixes # (issue)
Type of change
Back port request
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What is the motivation for this PR?
This repo has enabled auto code reviewer assign according to the git history. The .github/CODEOWNERS file is now outdated and not necessary.
Background of auto code reviewer assign
It is tedious to manually maintain the CODEOWNERS file. @nikamirrr from Nvidia contributed auto code reviewer assign workflow: https://github.com/sonic-net/sonic-mgmt/actions/workflows/code-reviewer-tagging.yml
This automation automatically check git history of files updated by PR. Find out the previous contributors of the touched files and assign them as reviewer of the PR.
This automation has 2 major benefits:
For details, please refer to https://github.com/sonic-net/sonic-pipelines/tree/main/scripts/code-owners
How did you do it?
This change deleted this .github/CODEOWNERS file.
How did you verify/test it?
Any platform specific information?
Supported testbed topology if it's a new test case?
Documentation