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Release Notes v5.1

We released Code Owners 5.1 on πŸŽ‰

Download on the Atlassian Marketplace for Data Center and Server

If you have installed 5.1.0 please upgrade to 5.1.1 asap.
See Changelog below: 5.1.1

New Features

Exclusion for some Source branches of pull requests

  • Option to exclude Code Owners for pull requests with source branches matching a pattern.

    • Use-cases:

      • Enforce reviews to master branches, except if they are release merges, e.g release/x.y.z -> master

      • Automated dependency updates by bots

CODE
# To exclude code owners functionality for pull requests with certain source branches,
# you can add the CODEOWNERS.source_branch_exclusion_pattern followed by a 
# branch pattern to your CODEOWNERS file. 
# The whole CO file is then not active for pull requests with matching source branch.
# For example if you want code owners to be inactive for pull requests create by renovate bot with source branch starting with renovate, add

CODEOWNERS.source_branch_exclusion_pattern renovate/*

Disable Code Owners app in repo settings

  • Added toggle in Repository settings to disable Code Owners app,

    • so that app is completely disabled for PRs in such repos, e.g. no notifications send.

CODEOWNERS-34

Bug fixes

  • Allow braces {} in file globs.


Changelog

5.1.2 : resolved issues on

  • Performance optimization for repos with deep folder structure, previously git ls-tree could result in high CPU load on Bitbucket.

5.1.1 : resolved issues on

  • Non-admins receiving 403 error pop-up when viewing PR

5.1.0 : removed from marketplace due to regression found.

  • Install 5.1.1

Previous: Release Notes v5.0

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