lgtm-docs/content/maintainers.md

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The list of approvers is stored in a MAINTAINERS text file in the root of your repository. There are multiple supported file formats to choose from.

Username, separated by newline:

bradrydzewski
lindaortega
matthewnorris

Username and email address, separated by newline:

bradrydzewski <brad.rydzewski@mail.com>
lindaortega <linka.ortega@mail.com>
matthewnorris <matthew.norris@mail.com>

FullName, email address and username, separated by newline:

Brad Rydzewski <brad.rydzewski@mail.com> (@bradrydzewski)
Linda Ortega <linda.ortega@mail.com> (@lindaortega)
Matthew Norris <matthew.norris@mail.com> (@mattnorris)

Toml format inspired by the Docker project:

[people]
    [people.bradrydzewski]
        name = "Brad Rydzewski"
        email = "brad.rydzewski@mail.com"
        login = "bradrydzewski"

    [people.bradrydzewski]
        name = "Linda Ortega"
        email = "linda.ortega@mail.com"
        login = "lindaortega"

    [people.mattnorris]
        name = "Matt Norris"
        email = "matt.norris@mail.com"
        login = "mattnorris"

You may prefer to maintain a single list of maintainers across all repositories in your organization. When no maintainers file is found the system will fallback to the maintainers team in your organization: