Documentation: Conflicting information when a file matches multiple entry in CODEOWNERS
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Link the doc and describe what is wrong with it.
https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/code_owners.html
Conflicting information when a file matches multiple entry:
- When a file matches multiple entries in the
CODEOWNERS
file, the users from all entries are displayed on the blob page of the given file. - The order in which the paths are defined is significant: the last pattern that matches a given path will be used to find the code owners.
I did a quick test and the second one is correct. Only the last pattern that matches the file will be used to find the cod
Related issues
Closes #205394 (closed)
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