It does say in the name that this isn't intended for GitLab but besides the obvious --codeowners option, how much work for the package would it be to be able to skip section headings within the codeowners file? For this sample GitLab syntax, that means skipping lines 1 and 5
[First Section]
some/path/one/a @one
some/path/one/b @one
[Second Section]
some/path/two @two