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codeowners: yml source of truth + generator + drift CI (#88) * codeowners: generator + drift CI + initial roles Source-of-truth approach to CODEOWNERS: yml is hand-edited, CODEOWNERS is generated and CI-enforced. Every role change is a reviewable PR with a permanent in-repo audit trail. No GitHub UI clicks, no shadow state. Initial roles: engineering @aaltshuler owns crates/** + default (.github/, scripts/, Cargo.*, openapi.json, everything else not docs) docs @aaltshuler @ragnorc owns docs/**, README.md, AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, SECURITY.md Per GitHub semantics, multiple owners on a CODEOWNERS line means "any one satisfies the review" — for docs, either named member can approve. Strict "N distinct approvers" would need a CI workaround (not wired today; tracked for future hardening). Components: - .github/codeowners-roles.yml — source of truth. Edit this. - .github/scripts/render-codeowners.py — generator (PyYAML; ~100 LoC). - .github/CODEOWNERS — generated. CI rejects hand-edits. - .github/workflows/codeowners.yml — two checks: * drift: re-render and assert CODEOWNERS matches. * noedit: reject PRs that edit CODEOWNERS without editing the yml. - docs/codeowners.md — explains the source-of-truth pattern, how to change roles, how to add new roles. - AGENTS.md topic-index row. What's NOT in this PR: - Branch protection on main (separate PR; needs `gh api` call against the org). - Required-reviewer enforcement (depends on branch protection landing). - Required CI status checks (depends on branch protection landing). - Scheduled rotation (the schedule: block in the yml + a weekly workflow). Today's roles are stable; rotation isn't needed yet. - Linear-as-source-of-truth integration (Approach 4 from the design discussion; deferred). Verified: - Generator output is deterministic (idempotent re-runs). - scripts/check-agents-md.sh OK (28 links, 28 docs). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * codeowners: fix catch-all ordering (Devin review #88) Devin caught a real bug: GitHub CODEOWNERS uses "last match wins" semantics, but the generator emitted the catch-all `*` AFTER specific patterns. Net effect: `*` won for every file, silently nullifying the docs role and never routing reviews to @ragnorc. Fix is one-line — emit the default `*` line before iterating the specific paths. Also: - Added a regression assertion in the generator: after rendering, the first non-comment line must start with `*` if a default is configured. Generator exits non-zero otherwise. Catches the same class of mistake in any future refactor. - Rewrote the yml header comment, which incorrectly stated "keep more-specific paths after broader patterns" (correct for GitHub semantics but the generator was doing the opposite — so the comment read as a description of behavior when it was actually a contradicted intention). Verified by re-rendering: `*` is now line 12, `crates/**` is line 14, `docs/**` is line 15, etc. README.md matches both `*` and `README.md`; `README.md` is later → wins → @aaltshuler + @ragnorc both assigned. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Code ownership
`.github/CODEOWNERS` is **generated** — not hand-edited. The source of truth is `.github/codeowners-roles.yml`, expanded by `.github/scripts/render-codeowners.py`. CI rejects drift between the two and rejects direct edits to `CODEOWNERS` that don't accompany a yml change.
This setup gives every role change a reviewable PR and a permanent in-repo audit trail (`git log .github/codeowners-roles.yml`).
## Current roles
| Role | Members | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| `engineering` | `@aaltshuler` | All code under `crates/**`, repo infrastructure, default for unmapped paths |
| `docs` | `@aaltshuler`, `@ragnorc` | `docs/**`, README.md, AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, SECURITY.md |
GitHub treats multiple owners in a CODEOWNERS line as **"any one of them satisfies the review requirement"**. For docs, either named member can approve. To require N distinct approvers on a specific path, layer a CI check on top (not currently configured).
## How to change role membership or path mappings
1. Edit `.github/codeowners-roles.yml`.
2. Run `python3 .github/scripts/render-codeowners.py` (requires PyYAML; `pip install pyyaml`).
3. Commit both files in the same PR.
CI fails the PR if:
- `CODEOWNERS` was edited without a corresponding yml change, or
- The yml was changed but the rendered `CODEOWNERS` doesn't match.
## How to add a new role
1. Add a new entry to `roles:` in the yml with a `description` and `members` list.
2. Reference the role from `paths:` (or `default:`).
3. Regenerate + commit as above.
## Why a generator, not direct CODEOWNERS edits?
- **Audit trail**: `git log .github/codeowners-roles.yml` is the canonical record of every role change. The rendered `CODEOWNERS` is a derived artifact.
- **Roles are first-class**: paths reference roles, not raw handles. Renaming a person or rotating a role updates one place, not every path.
- **Future extension**: scheduled rotation (weekly on-call, quarterly leads) plugs into the same yml without changing the path mappings. Not enabled today.
- **Consistency with the product**: omnigraph itself enforces auditable Cedar policy. The repo's code-owner policy follows the same "policy as reviewed code" pattern.