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+approvals:
+  # PR needs at least 4 approvals
+  minimum: 1
+  # approval = comment that matches this regex
+  pattern: "^:?\\+1:?$"
+  from:
+    # commenter must be either one of:
+    # a public zalando org member
+    orgs:
+      - zalando
+    # a collaborator of the repo
+    collaborators: true