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Therefor we added a more flexible option to define merge checks.
Check out our new Merge Checks guide to learn how to use them.
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We added an option to Opt-Out from auto-assignment of Code Owners as reviewers to newly created or updated pull requests. Find it in the repository settings under Code Owners.
If you want to disable Code Owners e.g in a forked repository, you just need to turn the
auto-assignment off in the repository settings of the fork.
Or if you have a big group of potential reviewers and you want to enforce that some must review, but your team should decide for each pull request, who that should be? Enable and configure your Merge Checks and disable the auto-assignment. The Code Owners tooltip in pull request creation wizard will still help you to choose the right person as reviewers.
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