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-# Code owners file.
-# This file controls who is tagged for review for any given pull request.
-
-# For syntax help see:
-# https://help.github.com/en/github/creating-cloning-and-archiving-repositories/about-code-owners#codeowners-syntax
-
-*                       @googleapis/yoshi-java
-
-# The java-samples-reviewers team is the default owner for samples changes
-samples/**/*.java       @googleapis/java-samples-reviewers
-
-# Generated snippets should not be owned by samples reviewers
-samples/snippets/generated/       @googleapis/yoshi-java