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@ -203,3 +203,17 @@ Any member of the community can (and is encouraged to) propose role changes
by following the process outlined [above](#how-to-change-roles).
[Owners of the tldr-pages organization](MAINTAINERS.md#organization-owners)
can then perform the actual role changes.
## CODEOWNERS
The [`.github/CODEOWNERS` file](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/.github/CODEOWNERS) allows contributors with write access to the [tldr-pages/tldr repository](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr) to get automatic review request notifications for given files and directories.
If they wish to, contributors can open a pull request to add themselves to this file as desired.
Example uses include (but are not limited to):
- Contributors who speak a specific language and want to assist with reviewing translations in those specific languages.
- Contributors with specific expertise who wish to review pull requests for specific platforms.
- Contributors interested in reviewing [client specification](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/CLIENT-SPECIFICATION.md) updates.
> [!NOTE]
> This mechanism is purely for automatic review requests for PRs and doesn't grant collaborators additional copyright over the code-owned files. View the [LICENSE](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/LICENSE.md) file for more information.