GitHub introduced [3] the “Code Owners“ feature [1] back in 2017 that
allows to define individuals or teams that are responsible for code in a
repository. The feature is configured by a `codeowners` file [2] that
must be placed either in the root, `/docs` or `.github` directory of an repository.

For Nord this file is provided globally for all projects by this
organization `.github` repository that do not require a specific or
special configuration.

[1]: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/about-code-owners
[2]: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/about-code-owners#codeowners-file-location
[3]: https://github.blog/2017-07-06-introducing-code-owners

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