OWNERS File Syntax

Owner approval is based on OWNERS files located in the same repository and top of the merge-to branch of a patch set.

The syntax is:

lines     := (SPACE* line? SPACE* EOL)*
line      := "set noparent"
          |  "per-file" SPACE+ glob SPACE* "=" SPACE* directive
          |  comment
          |  directive
directive := email
          |  "*"
glob      := [a-zA-Z0-9_-*?]+
comment   := "#" ANYCHAR*
email     := [^ @]+@[^ #]+
ANYCHAR   := any character but EOL
EOL       := end of line characters
SPACE     := any white space character

• per-file glob = directive applies directive only to files matching glob, which does not contain directory path.

• The email addresses should belong to registered Gerrit users.

• The * directive means that no owner is specified for the directory or file. Any user can approve that directory or file.