Renovate incorrectly reads GitLab CODEOWNERS

Discussed in https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/discussions/36982

Originally posted by AmmarYAhmed July 14, 2025

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According to GitLab's CODEOWNERS syntax documentation, the * wildcard character can only be used to match one level of directories, so having /* @user as a rule would only make the user a codeowner for the files and directories at the root level and nothing else. However, renovate uses ignore syntax, which matches /* to all files and directories at all levels.

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https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/pull/37591