Document that per-file lines should not contain additional spaces Signed-off-by: Edwin Kempin <ekempin@google.com> Change-Id: Idaafa1784903b3c346c18a1f2fd9b1ae3e8b4a48
diff --git a/resources/Documentation/backend-find-owners.md b/resources/Documentation/backend-find-owners.md index 9d2fab5..223cebb 100644 --- a/resources/Documentation/backend-find-owners.md +++ b/resources/Documentation/backend-find-owners.md
@@ -266,6 +266,13 @@ per-file docs.config,*.md=richard.roe@example.com ``` +**NOTE:** It's important to not include additional spaces in `per-file` lines. +E.g. "per-file docs.config, test.config=richard.roe@example.com" will make +Richard Roe a code owner of the files "docs.config" and " test.config" (pay +attention to the leading space), but not for the file "test.config". The correct +line to make Richard Roe a code owner of the files "docs.config" and +"test.config" would be "per-file docs.config,test.config=richard.roe@example.com". + ##### <a id="doNotUsePathExpressionsForSubdirectories"> **NOTE:** It is discouraged to use path expressions that explicitly name subdirectories such as `my-subdir/*` as they will break when the subdirectory