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+# Documentation and examples
+docs/                    @NVIDIA/nv-ingest-docs
+README.md                @NVIDIA/nv-ingest-docs
+examples/                @NVIDIA/nv-ingest-docs
+
+# Devops
+.devcontainer/           @NVIDIA/nv-ingest-ops
+.github/                 @NVIDIA/nv-ingest-ops
+.ci/                     @NVIDIA/nv-ingest-ops
+
+# Global owners (required for all PRs)
+*                        @NVIDIA/nv-ingest-maintainers