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title: "What is CODEOWNERS file in GitHub?"  
description: "What is CODEOWNERS file in GitHub?"  
author: "Manish Sharma"  
published: 2025-07-08  
updated: 2025-07-08  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/161804/what-is-codeowners-file-in-github  
category: "GitHub"  
tags: ["github", "git"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is CODEOWNERS file in GitHub?

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