Systems and methods for enforcing code reviews

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving a commit request to commit code to a repository;
• in response to receiving the commit request, accessing an ownership file in the repository based on the commit request, the ownership file including:
• a directory identifier of a directory of the repository, and
• an identifier of an owner who controls committing of code to the directory;
• determining, by a machine including a memory and at least one processor, based on the ownership file, that the owner did not provide an indication of approval of the code requested to be committed to the repository, the determining that the owner did not provide the indication of approval of the code including:
• determining a code identifier based on the commit request,
• determining, based on the code identifier, that the directory is a destination of the code, and
• identifying, based on the directory being the destination of the code, the ownership file;
• and
• facilitating, based on the determination that the owner did not provide the indication of approval, a review of the code by the owner.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a commit request to commit code to a repository;
• in response to receiving the commit request, accessing an ownership file in the repository based on the commit request, the ownership file including:
• a directory identifier of a directory of the repository, and
• an identifier of an owner who controls committing of code to the directory;
• determining, based on the ownership file, that the owner did not provide an indication of approval of the code requested to be committed to the repository, the determining that the owner did not provide the indication of approval of the code including:
• determining a code identifier based on the commit request,
• determining, based on the code identifier, that the directory is a destination of the code, and
• identifying, based on the directory being the destination of the code, the ownership file;
• and
• facilitating, based on the determination that the owner did not provide the indication of approval, a review of the code by the owner.