ci: set_assignee: pick next area when submitter = assignee

Address the cases where submitter is also the maintainer of the code
changed and other areas are being changed. In this case, assign to the
next area maintainers instead of assigning to submitter.

Example: maintainer of component A introduced significant changes to
area A but also makes changes to other areas B and C. Right now
maintainers of B and C are added as reviewers.

This change will assign to the next area after A, i.e. B in cases where the
submitter is also the maintainer of area A.

Signed-off-by: Anas Nashif <[email protected]>

scripts/set_assignees.py

@@ -123,19 +123,29 @@ def process_pr(gh, maintainer_file, number):
     log(f"candidate maintainers: {_all_maintainers}")
 
     assignees = []
+    tmp_assignees = []
 
     # we start with areas with most files changed and pick the maintainer from the first one.
     # if the first area is an implementation, i.e. driver or platform, we
-    # continue searching for any other areas
+    # continue searching for any other areas involved
     for area, count in area_counter.items():
         if count == 0:
             continue
         if len(area.maintainers) > 0:
-            assignees = area.maintainers
+            tmp_assignees = area.maintainers
+            if pr.user.login in area.maintainers:
+                # submitter = assignee, try to pick next area and
+                # assign someone else other than the submitter
+                continue
+            else:
+                assignees = area.maintainers
 
             if 'Platform' not in area.name:
                 break
 
+    if tmp_assignees and not assignees:
+        assignees = tmp_assignees
+
     if assignees:
         prop = (found_maintainers[assignees[0]] / num_files) * 100
         log(f"Picked assignees: {assignees} ({prop:.2f}% ownership)")