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diff --git a/doc/user/project/code_owners.md b/doc/user/project/code_owners.md index 7057abe8a0f..7cc8c314c63 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/code_owners.md +++ b/doc/user/project/code_owners.md @@ -177,12 +177,16 @@ entries under **Database**. The entries defined under the sections **Documentati ### Make a Code Owners section optional -> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/232995) in GitLab Premium 13.8 behind a feature flag, enabled by default. -> - [Feature flag removed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/53227) in GitLab 13.9. +> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/232995) in GitLab Premium 13.8. -You can make a section optional, so that approval from the Code Owners in that section is optional. +You can designate optional sections in your Code Owners file. Prepend the +section name with the caret `^` character to treat the entire section as optional. +Optional sections enable you to designate responsible parties for various parts +of your codebase, but not require approval from them. This approach provides +a more relaxed policy for parts of your project that are frequently updated, +but don't require stringent reviews. -Put a caret `^` character before the Code Owners section name. For example: +In this example, the `[Go]` section is optional: ```plaintext [Documentation] @@ -204,8 +208,12 @@ If a section is duplicated in the file, and one of them is marked as optional an Optional sections in the `CODEOWNERS` file are treated as optional only when changes are submitted by using merge requests. If a change is submitted directly to the protected branch, approval from Code Owners is still required, even if the -section is marked as optional. [An issue exists](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/297638) -to allow direct pushes to the protected branch for sections marked as optional. +section is marked as optional. + +### Allowed to Push + +The Code Owner approval and protected branch features do not apply to users who +are **Allowed to push**. ## Example `CODEOWNERS` file |