setup-guide: Recommend to disable code owners for refs/meta/config branches The refs/meta/config branches do not contain source code, but the project configuration. Usually only the project owners can make changes here and requiring code owner approvals is unneeded. Bug: Google b/420567912 Change-Id: I3977e3486810ff052bcded15baff432ac4c6f9d0 Signed-off-by: Edwin Kempin <ekempin@google.com>
diff --git a/resources/Documentation/setup-guide.md b/resources/Documentation/setup-guide.md index af9c08f..0b63877 100644 --- a/resources/Documentation/setup-guide.md +++ b/resources/Documentation/setup-guide.md
@@ -171,9 +171,14 @@ `code-owners.config`: ``` [codeOwners] + disabledBranch = refs/meta/config disabledBranch = ^refs/heads/stable-.* ``` +**TIP:** Consider disabling the code owners functionality for `refs/meta/config` +branches, so that changes to the project configuration do not require code owner +approvals. + ### <a id="configureCodeOwnerApproval">4. Configure the label vote that should count as code owner approval By default `Code-Review+1` votes from [code owners](user-guide.html#codeOwners)