Engineering and docs roles both resolve to @aaltshuler; every path (catch-all, crates/**, docs/**, repo-level docs) now requires their review. CODEOWNERS and the doc tables regenerated from codeowners-roles.yml via render-codeowners.py. Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5 <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-repository audit trail (git log .github/codeowners-roles.yml).
Who owns what
The tables below are generated from .github/codeowners-roles.yml by .github/scripts/render-codeowners.py (the same render that produces .github/CODEOWNERS). They are the always-current "who owns what at this commit" view — don't edit them by hand; edit the yml and re-render.
Path → owners (GitHub applies last match wins; the * catch-all is listed first and is overridden by the specific patterns below it):
| Path | Owners | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|
* |
@aaltshuler | engineering |
crates/** |
@aaltshuler | engineering |
docs/** |
@aaltshuler | docs |
README.md |
@aaltshuler | docs |
AGENTS.md |
@aaltshuler | docs |
CLAUDE.md |
@aaltshuler | docs |
SECURITY.md |
@aaltshuler | docs |
Roles:
| Role | Members | Description |
|---|---|---|
engineering |
@aaltshuler | All production code under crates/**. Engine, CLI, server, compiler. |
docs |
@aaltshuler | Documentation under docs/**, plus repo-level docs (README.md, AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md symlink, SECURITY.md). |
GitHub treats multiple owners on a CODEOWNERS line as "any one of them satisfies the review requirement". 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
- Edit
.github/codeowners-roles.yml. - Open a PR. CI re-renders for you: the
CODEOWNERSworkflow regenerates.github/CODEOWNERSand the ownership tables above and auto-commits them back to your PR branch on same-repository PRs — you don't have to run the script locally (though you can:python3 .github/scripts/render-codeowners.py, requires PyYAML).
On a fork (where CI can't push back), the workflow instead fails with the diff so you can run the script and commit it yourself.
CI fails the PR if:
- a fork PR left a generated artifact out of sync, or
CODEOWNERSwas edited without a corresponding yml change (theCODEOWNERS not hand-editedcheck).
How to add a new role
- Add a new entry to
roles:in the yml with adescriptionandmemberslist. - Reference the role from
paths:(ordefault:). - Regenerate + commit as above.
Why a generator, not direct CODEOWNERS edits?
- Audit trail:
git log .github/codeowners-roles.ymlis the canonical record of every role change. The renderedCODEOWNERSis 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 repository's code-owner policy follows the same "policy as reviewed code" pattern.