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WalkthroughAdds a new repository-level Dependabot configuration file that standardizes automated weekly dependency updates across multiple ecosystems with scoped commit messages, labels, branch naming, and a 5-PR limit; Pip section contains commented ignore rules for some AI/ML libs. Changes
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1-274: Configuration is well-structured for a template repository.The file establishes a comprehensive Dependabot setup across multiple ecosystems with consistent scheduling, commit message conventions, and labeling. The broad coverage is appropriate for a template, and as documented in the PR description, Dependabot will silently skip ecosystems without corresponding dependency files. The use of
AOSSIE-Org/maintainersas a placeholder is acknowledged and will defer to CODEOWNERS; this is reasonable for a template repository awaiting maintainer structure definition.
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We do have a problem where many of our repos are lacking reliable maintainers.
A CODEOWNERS file could potentially help with this. But I am not entirely convinced.
Isn't it possible to automatically infer the code owners from the previous contributors?
We have the convention of having, for every project P, a team with the same name P. Wouldn't it be possible to automatically assign ownership of project P to the team P?
Otherwise, I am afraid that CODEOWNERS could become another bureaucratic boilerplate.
What we really need, I think, is a workflow that automatically assigns open PRs in a project P to be reviewed to members of team P and notifies them of this assignment. This would hopefully help in encouraging them to maintain the code.
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In @.github/dependabot.yml:
- Around line 23-241: The file currently enables many package-ecosystem entries
which can produce up to ~70 concurrent Dependabot PRs; update the customization
guide to recommend and show how to use per-ecosystem "groups" and the beta
"multi-ecosystem-groups" to batch updates and reduce PR volume, and mention
adjusting "open-pull-requests-limit" per ecosystem; look for the
package-ecosystem blocks and the open-pull-requests-limit keys to add a short
explanatory note describing when to use "groups" vs "multi-ecosystem-groups" and
what trade-offs to expect.
- Around line 40-41: The pull-request-branch-name separator is set only for the
npm ecosystem (symbol: pull-request-branch-name with separator: "/"), causing
inconsistent branch names across ecosystems; fix by either removing the
pull-request-branch-name/ separator entry from the npm block so all ecosystems
use the default "-" OR add the same pull-request-branch-name: separator: "/"
stanza to every other ecosystem entry (docker, bundler, cargo, maven, gradle,
composer, gomod, pip, terraform, pub, nuget, github-actions) so all branch names
follow the same format.
- Around line 1-3: Remove the stale, redundant documentation link at the top of
.github/dependabot.yml by deleting the first comment line that contains
"https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/administering-a-repository/enabling-and-disabling-version-updates"
so only the current Dependabot documentation link (the existing third line)
remains; ensure no other changes are made to the remaining comments or the file
header.
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| # NPM - JavaScript/Node.js projects | ||
| # Remove this section if your project doesn't use npm | ||
| - package-ecosystem: "npm" | ||
| directory: "/" # Change to "/frontend" or "/backend" for monorepos | ||
| schedule: | ||
| interval: "weekly" # Options: daily, weekly, monthly | ||
| day: "monday" # For weekly: monday-sunday | ||
| time: "09:00" # UTC time | ||
| open-pull-requests-limit: 5 # Max PRs to keep open | ||
| labels: | ||
| - "dependencies" | ||
| - "npm" | ||
| commit-message: | ||
| prefix: "chore(deps)" # Follows conventional commits | ||
| include: "scope" | ||
| pull-request-branch-name: | ||
| separator: "/" # Creates branches like: dependabot/npm/package-name | ||
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| # GitHub Actions - Keep workflows up to date (recommended for all projects) | ||
| - package-ecosystem: "github-actions" | ||
| directory: "/" # Scans .github/workflows/ | ||
| schedule: | ||
| interval: "weekly" | ||
| day: "monday" | ||
| time: "09:00" | ||
| open-pull-requests-limit: 5 | ||
| labels: | ||
| - "dependencies" | ||
| - "github-actions" | ||
| commit-message: | ||
| prefix: "chore(deps)" | ||
| include: "scope" | ||
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| # Docker - Containerized applications | ||
| # Remove this section if your project doesn't use Docker | ||
| - package-ecosystem: "docker" | ||
| directory: "/" # Directory containing Dockerfile | ||
| schedule: | ||
| interval: "weekly" | ||
| day: "monday" | ||
| time: "09:00" | ||
| open-pull-requests-limit: 5 | ||
| labels: | ||
| - "dependencies" | ||
| - "docker" | ||
| commit-message: | ||
| prefix: "chore(deps)" | ||
| include: "scope" | ||
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| # Bundler - Ruby projects | ||
| # Remove this section if your project doesn't use Ruby | ||
| - package-ecosystem: "bundler" | ||
| directory: "/" | ||
| schedule: | ||
| interval: "weekly" | ||
| day: "monday" | ||
| time: "09:00" | ||
| open-pull-requests-limit: 5 | ||
| labels: | ||
| - "dependencies" | ||
| - "ruby" | ||
| commit-message: | ||
| prefix: "chore(deps)" | ||
| include: "scope" | ||
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| # Cargo - Rust projects | ||
| # Remove this section if your project doesn't use Rust | ||
| - package-ecosystem: "cargo" | ||
| directory: "/" | ||
| schedule: | ||
| interval: "weekly" | ||
| day: "monday" | ||
| time: "09:00" | ||
| open-pull-requests-limit: 5 | ||
| labels: | ||
| - "dependencies" | ||
| - "rust" | ||
| commit-message: | ||
| prefix: "chore(deps)" | ||
| include: "scope" | ||
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| # Maven - Java projects | ||
| # Remove this section if your project uses Gradle instead or doesn't use Java | ||
| - package-ecosystem: "maven" | ||
| directory: "/" | ||
| schedule: | ||
| interval: "weekly" | ||
| day: "monday" | ||
| time: "09:00" | ||
| open-pull-requests-limit: 5 | ||
| labels: | ||
| - "dependencies" | ||
| - "java" | ||
| commit-message: | ||
| prefix: "chore(deps)" | ||
| include: "scope" | ||
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| # Gradle - Java/Kotlin/Android projects | ||
| # Remove this section if your project uses Maven instead or doesn't use Java/Kotlin | ||
| - package-ecosystem: "gradle" | ||
| directory: "/" | ||
| schedule: | ||
| interval: "weekly" | ||
| day: "monday" | ||
| time: "09:00" | ||
| open-pull-requests-limit: 5 | ||
| labels: | ||
| - "dependencies" | ||
| - "java" | ||
| commit-message: | ||
| prefix: "chore(deps)" | ||
| include: "scope" | ||
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| # Composer - PHP projects | ||
| # Remove this section if your project doesn't use PHP | ||
| - package-ecosystem: "composer" | ||
| directory: "/" | ||
| schedule: | ||
| interval: "weekly" | ||
| day: "monday" | ||
| time: "09:00" | ||
| open-pull-requests-limit: 5 | ||
| labels: | ||
| - "dependencies" | ||
| - "php" | ||
| commit-message: | ||
| prefix: "chore(deps)" | ||
| include: "scope" | ||
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| # Go Modules - Go projects | ||
| # Remove this section if your project doesn't use Go | ||
| - package-ecosystem: "gomod" | ||
| directory: "/" | ||
| schedule: | ||
| interval: "weekly" | ||
| day: "monday" | ||
| time: "09:00" | ||
| open-pull-requests-limit: 5 | ||
| labels: | ||
| - "dependencies" | ||
| - "go" | ||
| commit-message: | ||
| prefix: "chore(deps)" | ||
| include: "scope" | ||
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| # Pip - Python projects (supports pip, pipenv, poetry) | ||
| # Remove this section if your project doesn't use Python | ||
| - package-ecosystem: "pip" | ||
| directory: "/" # Directory containing requirements.txt, Pipfile, or pyproject.toml | ||
| schedule: | ||
| interval: "weekly" | ||
| day: "monday" | ||
| time: "09:00" | ||
| open-pull-requests-limit: 5 | ||
| labels: | ||
| - "dependencies" | ||
| - "python" | ||
| commit-message: | ||
| prefix: "chore(deps)" | ||
| include: "scope" | ||
| # Uncomment and customize for AI/ML projects to prevent breaking changes: | ||
| # ignore: | ||
| # - dependency-name: "tensorflow" | ||
| # update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"] | ||
| # - dependency-name: "torch" | ||
| # update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"] | ||
| # - dependency-name: "scikit-learn" | ||
| # update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"] | ||
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| # Terraform - Infrastructure as Code | ||
| # Remove this section if your project doesn't use Terraform | ||
| - package-ecosystem: "terraform" | ||
| directory: "/" # Directory containing .tf files | ||
| schedule: | ||
| interval: "weekly" | ||
| day: "monday" | ||
| time: "09:00" | ||
| open-pull-requests-limit: 5 | ||
| labels: | ||
| - "dependencies" | ||
| - "infrastructure" | ||
| commit-message: | ||
| prefix: "chore(deps)" | ||
| include: "scope" | ||
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| # Pub - Dart/Flutter projects | ||
| # Remove this section if your project doesn't use Dart/Flutter | ||
| - package-ecosystem: "pub" | ||
| directory: "/" | ||
| schedule: | ||
| interval: "weekly" | ||
| day: "monday" | ||
| time: "09:00" | ||
| open-pull-requests-limit: 5 | ||
| labels: | ||
| - "dependencies" | ||
| - "flutter" | ||
| - "dart" | ||
| commit-message: | ||
| prefix: "chore(deps)" | ||
| include: "scope" | ||
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| # NuGet - .NET projects (C#, F#, VB.NET) | ||
| # Remove this section if your project doesn't use .NET | ||
| - package-ecosystem: "nuget" | ||
| directory: "/" | ||
| schedule: | ||
| interval: "weekly" | ||
| day: "monday" | ||
| time: "09:00" | ||
| open-pull-requests-limit: 5 | ||
| labels: | ||
| - "dependencies" | ||
| - "dotnet" | ||
| commit-message: | ||
| prefix: "chore(deps)" | ||
| include: "scope" |
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🧹 Nitpick | 🔵 Trivial
Aggregate PR volume can reach 70 with all ecosystems active — consider groups or multi-ecosystem-groups.
Each ecosystem independently caps at 5 open PRs, so a polyglot repository that actually uses all 14 ecosystems could accumulate up to 70 concurrent Dependabot PRs. Two mitigation strategies are worth noting in the customization guide:
- Per-ecosystem
groups: Batch all updates for an ecosystem into a single PR (already GA). multi-ecosystem-groups(currently in beta): Dependabot's multi-ecosystem groups feature allows you to create groups that span multiple package ecosystems and get a single PR with updates across all supported ecosystems, instead of receiving separate PRs for each ecosystem.
Adding a brief mention of these options under the CUSTOMIZATION GUIDE section would help adopters proactively manage review load.
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.
In @.github/dependabot.yml around lines 23 - 241, The file currently enables
many package-ecosystem entries which can produce up to ~70 concurrent Dependabot
PRs; update the customization guide to recommend and show how to use
per-ecosystem "groups" and the beta "multi-ecosystem-groups" to batch updates
and reduce PR volume, and mention adjusting "open-pull-requests-limit" per
ecosystem; look for the package-ecosystem blocks and the
open-pull-requests-limit keys to add a short explanatory note describing when to
use "groups" vs "multi-ecosystem-groups" and what trade-offs to expect.
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In @.github/dependabot.yml:
- Around line 131-147: Update the Gradle dependabot block (package-ecosystem:
"gradle") to include a disambiguating label such as "kotlin" or "android" in its
labels list (in addition to "java") and add a short inline comment explaining
that this label helps distinguish Gradle/Kotlin/Android PRs from Maven ones;
target the labels key in the Gradle section so the change is localized and
discoverable.
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Dependabot only runs for ecosystems whose dependency files are present in the repository.
If a dependency ecosystem is not used (e.g., no Cargo.toml, go.mod, etc.), no PRs or notifications are triggered for them.
Any reviewers or assignees entries are best-effort and are silently ignored by GitHub if the referenced team does not exist in the target repository.(for now we didn't have maintainer architecture hence it ignore it for now)
Code review is handled by GitHub’s CODEOWNERS (.github/CODEOWNERS) by default.
This ensures correct reviewers are automatically requested without hard-coding org-specific teams in the template.
Maintainers can customize or remove reviewer/assignee settings once the repository’s maintainer structure is finalized.
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