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-# See https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-code-owners
-# to learn more about code owners.
-# Order is important; the last matching pattern takes the most
-# precedence. You may specify either a GitHub username, or an
-# email address if you prefer, as the code owner.
-
-# Any Markdown file anywhere in the repository
-**/*.md @hramos @cpojer
-
-# GitHub Settings, Bots
-/.github/ @hramos
-/packages/react-native-bots @hramos
-
-# Continuous Integration
-/.circleci/ @hramos
-/.circleci/Dockerfiles @gengjiawen
-/.appveyor/ @gengjiawen
-
-# Internals
-React/Base/* @shergin
-React/Views/* @shergin
-React/Modules/* @shergin
-React/CxxBridge/* @mhorowitz
-
-# Components and APIs
-ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/animated/* @janicduplessis
-Libraries/Animated/* @janicduplessis
-Libraries/NativeAnimation/* @janicduplessis
-Libraries/Image/* @shergin
-Libraries/Text/* @shergin
-
-# Modifications to package.json typically require
-# additional effort from a Facebook employee to land
-/package.json @hramos @cpojer
-
-# These should not be modified through a GitHub PR
-LICENSE* @hramos @cpojer @yungsters
-
-# The eslint-config-react-native-community package requires manual publishing after merging
-/packages/eslint-config-react-native-community/* @matt-oakes