pages/gerrit/cmd-set-reviewers.md

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title: " gerrit set-reviewers"
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## NAME

gerrit set-reviewers - Add or remove reviewers to a change

## SYNOPSIS

> 
> 
>     ssh -p <port> <host> gerrit set-reviewers
>       [--project <PROJECT> | -p <PROJECT>]
>       [--add <REVIEWER> … | -a <REVIEWER> …]
>       [--remove <REVIEWER> … | -r <REVIEWER> …]
>       [--]

## DESCRIPTION

Adds or removes reviewers to the specified change, sending email
notifications when changes are made.

Changes can be specified in the [same
format](rest-api-changes.html#change-id) supported by the REST API.

## OPTIONS

  - \--project; -p  
    Name of the project the intended change is contained within. This
    option must be supplied before Change-Id in order to take effect.

  - \--add; -a  
    A user that should be added as reviewer to the change or a group for
    which all members should be added as reviewers to the change.
    Multiple users and groups can be added at once as reviewers by using
    this option multiple times.

  - \--remove; -r  
    Remove this user from the reviewer list of the change. Multiple
    users can be removed at once from the reviewer list by using this
    option multiple times.

  - \--help; -h  
    Display site-specific usage information

## ACCESS

Any user who has SSH access to Gerrit.

## SCRIPTING

This command is intended to be used in scripts.

## EXAMPLES

Add reviewers alice and bob, but remove eve from change Iac6b2ac2.

``` 
        $ ssh -p 29418 review.example.com gerrit set-reviewers \
          -a alice@example.com -a bob@example.com \
          -r eve@example.com \
          Iac6b2ac2
```

Add reviewer elvis to old-style change id 1935 specifying that the
change is in project "graceland"

``` 
        $ ssh -p 29418 review.example.com gerrit set-reviewers \
          --project graceland \
          -a elvis@example.com \
          1935
```

Add all project owners as reviewers to change Iac6b2ac2.

``` 
        $ ssh -p 29418 review.example.com gerrit set-reviewers \
          -a "'Project Owners'" \
          Iac6b2ac2
```

## GERRIT

Part of [Gerrit Code Review](index.html)

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