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-# CODEOWNERS: https://help.github.com/articles/about-codeowners/
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-# NOTE: Order is important; the last matching pattern takes the most precedence
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-# Cosmos SDK Codeowners
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-# Core team as default owners
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-* @cosmos/sdk-core-dev
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-# Components
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-# docs configuration
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-/docs/ @cosmos/sdk-core-dev