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+generatedFiles:
+- path: '.kokoro/**'
+  message: '`.kokoro` files are templated and should be updated in [`synthtool`](https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool)'
+- path: '.github/CODEOWNERS'
+  message: 'CODEOWNERS should instead be modified via the `codeowner_team` property in .repo-metadata.json'
+- path: '.github/workflows/**'
+  message: '`.github/workflows` (GitHub Actions) should be updated in [`synthtool`](https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool)'
+- path: '.github/generated-files-bot.+(yml|yaml)'
+  message: '`.github/generated-files-bot.(yml|yaml)` should be updated in [`synthtool`](https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool)'
+- path: 'README.md'
+  message: '`README.md` is managed by [`synthtool`](https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool). However, a partials file can be used to update the README, e.g.: https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-storage/blob/master/.readme-partials.yaml'
+- path: 'samples/README.md'
+  message: '`samples/README.md` is managed by [`synthtool`](https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool). However, a partials file can be used to update the README, e.g.: https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-storage/blob/master/.readme-partials.yaml'