feat: remove Aspire workload installation, refine CI test commands, and enhance Dependabot configuration with patch ignore and new groups

Author: aalmada

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ updates:
     commit-message:
       prefix: "chore"
       include: "scope"
+    # Ignore patch updates for stable packages to reduce noise
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "*"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-patch"]
     groups:
       aspire:
         patterns:
@@ -26,10 +30,28 @@ updates:
       microsoft:
         patterns:
           - "Microsoft.*"
+      opentelemetry:
+        patterns:
+          - "OpenTelemetry.*"
+      wolverine:
+        patterns:
+          - "WolverineFx*"
+      npgsql:
+        patterns:
+          - "Npgsql.*"
+          - "AspNetCore.HealthChecks.NpgSql"
       testing:
         patterns:
-          - "xunit*"
+          - "TUnit*"
           - "NSubstitute"
+      roslyn-analyzers:
+        patterns:
+          - "Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.*"
+      api-tooling:
+        patterns:
+          - "Scalar.*"
+          - "Refit.*"
+          - "Asp.Versioning.*"
 
   # Enable version updates for GitHub Actions
   - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ jobs:
       with:
         dotnet-version: ${{ env.DOTNET_VERSION }}
 
-    - name: Install Aspire workload
-      run: dotnet workload install aspire
-      
     - name: Cache NuGet packages
       uses: actions/cache@v4
       with:
@@ -43,16 +40,19 @@ jobs:
       run: dotnet build --no-restore --configuration Release
 
     - name: Run API unit tests (fast feedback)
-      run: dotnet test --project src/ApiService/BookStore.ApiService.Tests/BookStore.ApiService.Tests.csproj --configuration Release --no-build --treenode-filter "/**[Category=Unit]" ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && '--fail-fast' || '' }}
+      run: dotnet test --configuration Release --no-build --treenode-filter "/**[Category=Unit]" ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && '--fail-fast' || '' }}
+      working-directory: src/ApiService/BookStore.ApiService.Tests
       # TUnit automatically generates GitHub Actions test summary
       # Run fast unit tests first for quick feedback
 
     - name: Run analyzer tests
-      run: dotnet test --project src/ApiService/BookStore.ApiService.Analyzers.Tests/BookStore.ApiService.Analyzers.Tests.csproj --configuration Release --no-build --treenode-filter "/**[Category=Unit]"
+      run: dotnet test --configuration Release --no-build --treenode-filter "/**[Category=Unit]"
+      working-directory: src/ApiService/BookStore.ApiService.Analyzers.Tests
       # Verify Roslyn analyzers work correctly
 
     - name: Run web integration tests
-      run: dotnet test --project src/Web/BookStore.Web.Tests/BookStore.Web.Tests.csproj --configuration Release --no-build --treenode-filter "/**[Category=Integration]"
+      run: dotnet test --configuration Release --no-build --treenode-filter "/**[Category=Integration]"
+      working-directory: src/Web/BookStore.Web.Tests
       # Integration tests run after unit tests pass
       # Slower tests that require full application stack
 

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ jobs:
       with:
         dotnet-version: '10.0.x'
 
-    - name: Install Aspire workload
-      run: dotnet workload install aspire
-        
     - name: Restore dependencies
       run: dotnet restore