[Biopython-dev] GitHub's CODEOWNERS to automate pull request review assignment

[João Rodrigues]

Hi Peter,

Sounds like a good policy to me. Also for the branch protection, makes
perfect sense.

Cheers,

João

On qua, 20/09/2017, 14:13 Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I recently learnt of another GitHub feature which may be
> of use for Biopython:
>
> https://github.com/blog/2392-introducing-code-owners
>
> The Galaxy Project are now trying this for their repository of
> training materials (which is how I heard about the idea):
>
> https://github.com/galaxyproject/training-material/pull/539
>
> The idea is we can label a default owner for files or entire
> folders, and if a pull request changes those files, GitHub
> will automatically assign their owner as a reviewer.
>
> For example, we might include the following mappings:
>
> Bio/Cluster/* @mdehoon
> Bio/SeqIO/* @peterjc
> Bio/PopGen/* @tiagoantao
> Bio/Phylo/* @etal
> ...
>
> This can be combined with the branch protection options,
> which I proposed using recently:
>
> http://mailman.open-bio.org/pipermail/biopython-dev/2017-August/021861.html
>
> Peter
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