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+# see https://docs.github.com/en/github/creating-cloning-and-archiving-repositories/about-code-owners
+
+
+# all maintainers are default-reviewers of new pull requests.
+# see https://github.com/orgs/CycloneDX/teams/python-maintainers
+*  @CycloneDX/python-maintainers
+