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+{
+  "message": "@pullRequester, thanks for contributing! @reviewers are the best people to review the changes.",
+             // custom message using @pullRequester and @reviewers
+  "fileBlacklist": ["*.md"], // mention-bot will ignore any files that match these file globs
+  "userBlacklist": ["mbruker"], // users in this list will never be mentioned by mention-bot
+}