Our usage of GitLab Code Owners
As GitLab is our VCS, we used GitLab code owners. And you can discover more about it here on the GitLab website. But if you use another tool, you can have a similar feature (e.g., GitHub code owners, Bitbucket branch permissions…). GitLab code owners is a feature that allows teams to designate specific individuals or groups as the owners of particular files or directories within a Git repository.
As we have leveraged this feature for a few months, I can share our feelings about it, what it brings to the team, and what concerns we envision.
In this article, we cover the following:
Our usage of GitLab code owners
How we set it up
Our take on change’s criticality
Our view on the pros of using code owners
Our view on the cons of using code owners
Conclusion
Have a good read!
