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+# CODEOWNERS file indicates code owners for certain files
+#
+# Code owners will automatically be added as a reviewer for PRs that touch
+# the owned files.
+#
+
+# Default owners for everything in the repo
+#
+# Unless a later match takes precedence, these owners will be requested for
+# review when someone opens a pull request.
+
+* @k8sgpt/maintainers
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