Use environment variable to set CODEOWNERS write path

README.md

@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ bin/codeownership for_team 'My Team' > tmp/ownership_report.md
 
 A `CODEOWNERS` file defines who owns specific files or paths in a repository. When you run `bin/codeownership validate`, a `.github/CODEOWNERS` file will automatically be generated and updated.
 
+If `codeowners_path` is set in `code_ownership.yml` codeowners will use that path to generate the `CODEOWNERS` file. For example, `codeowners_path: docs` will generate `docs/CODEOWNERS`.
+
 ## Proper Configuration & Validation
 
 CodeOwnership comes with a validation function to ensure the following things are true:

code_ownership.gemspec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.name          = 'code_ownership'
-  spec.version       = '1.38.2'
+  spec.version       = '1.38.3'
   spec.authors       = ['Gusto Engineers']
   spec.email         = ['[email protected]']
   spec.summary       = 'A gem to help engineering teams declare ownership of code'

lib/code_ownership/configuration.rb

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class Configuration < T::Struct
     const :skip_codeowners_validation, T::Boolean
     const :raw_hash, T::Hash[T.untyped, T.untyped]
     const :require_github_teams, T::Boolean
+    const :codeowners_path, String
 
     sig { returns(Configuration) }
     def self.fetch
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ def self.fetch
         js_package_paths: js_package_paths(config_hash),
         skip_codeowners_validation: config_hash.fetch('skip_codeowners_validation', false),
         raw_hash: config_hash,
-        require_github_teams: config_hash.fetch('require_github_teams', false)
+        require_github_teams: config_hash.fetch('require_github_teams', false),
+        codeowners_path: config_hash.fetch('codeowners_path', '.github'),
       )
     end
 

lib/code_ownership/private/codeowners_file.rb

@@ -111,7 +111,10 @@ def self.write!
 
       sig { returns(Pathname) }
       def self.path
-        Pathname.pwd.join('.github/CODEOWNERS')
+        Pathname.pwd.join(
+          CodeOwnership.configuration.codeowners_path,
+          'CODEOWNERS'
+        )
       end
 
       sig { params(files: T::Array[String]).void }

spec/lib/code_ownership/private/codeowners_file_spec.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+module CodeOwnership
+  RSpec.describe Private::CodeownersFile do
+    describe '.path' do
+      subject { described_class.path }
+
+      context 'when codeowners_path is set in the configuration' do
+        let(:configuration) do
+          Configuration.new(
+            owned_globs: [],
+            unowned_globs: [],
+            js_package_paths: [],
+            unbuilt_gems_path: nil,
+            skip_codeowners_validation: false,
+            raw_hash: {},
+            require_github_teams: false,
+            codeowners_path: path
+          )
+        end
+
+        before do
+          allow(CodeOwnership).to receive(:configuration).and_return(configuration)
+        end
+
+        context "to 'foo'" do
+          let(:path) { 'foo' }
+
+          it 'uses the environment variable' do
+            expect(subject).to eq(Pathname.pwd.join('foo', 'CODEOWNERS'))
+          end
+        end
+
+        context 'to empty' do
+          let(:path) { '' }
+
+          it 'uses the environment variable' do
+            expect(subject).to eq(Pathname.pwd.join('CODEOWNERS'))
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end