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-# This file contains the default reviewers for ML .NET code
-# For more information on CODEOWNERS file see : https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-code-owners
-
-# For the entire repository 
-*	@dotnet/mlnet-core
-
-# Reviewers for files owned by AutoML team
-src/Microsoft.ML.AutoML	@dotnet/mlnet-automl
-src/Microsoft.ML.CodeGenerator	@dotnet/mlnet-automl
-test/Microsoft.ML.AutoML.Tests	@dotnet/mlnet-automl
-test/Microsoft.ML.CodeGenerator.Tests	@dotnet/mlnet-automl
-pkg/Microsoft.ML.AutoML	@dotnet/mlnet-automl
-pkg/Microsoft.ML.CodeGenerator	@dotnet/mlnet-automl
-docs/samples/Microsoft.ML.AutoML.Samples	@dotnet/mlnet-automl