Add GH-flavored codeowners

.github/CODEOWNERS

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Default owners for all files in this repository.
+* @d33bs

.github/CODEOWNERS.jinja

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Default owners for all files in this repository.
+* {{ github_primary_reviewer }}

README.md.jinja

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ In addition, consider the following steps to help ensure the project is in good
 - [ ] Remove files you plan on not using (e.g. `src/notebooks`, `.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml`, etc.).
 - [ ] Update the `LICENSE` file based on the project.
 - [ ] Update the `CITATION.cff` file based on the project.
+- [ ] Update `.github/CODEOWNERS` with the right GitHub handle(s) for review ownership, and expand it to additional owners/teams and path-specific ownership rules as the project grows.
 - [ ] Update the project dependencies using `uv remove` or `uv add`.
 - [ ] Update the `pyproject.toml` file based on the project.
 - [ ] Enable `pre-commit-lite` to help automate corrections to code during pull request updates. Otherwise, consider removing the step: labeled with: `pre-commit-ci/lite-action` within `.github/workflows/run-tests.yml`.

copier.yaml

@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ github_url:
     This will be used in the package metadata
     and other places.
 
+github_primary_reviewer:
+  type: str
+  default: "@your-github-handle"
+  help: >-
+    Primary GitHub reviewer handle for CODEOWNERS
+    (for example: @octocat). This is used to route
+    default review requests on pull requests.
+
 _exclude:
   - .git
   - .DS_Store

tests/test_template.py

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ def test_template(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
             "author_name": "Test Author",
             "author_orcid": "https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000",
             "github_url": "https://github.com/org/repo",
+            "github_primary_reviewer": "@octocat",
         },
         quiet=True,
         overwrite=True,
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ def test_template_preserves_existing_git_repo(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
             "author_name": "Test Author",
             "author_orcid": "https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000",
             "github_url": "https://github.com/org/repo",
+            "github_primary_reviewer": "@octocat",
         },
         quiet=True,
         overwrite=True,