Watch namedivider-python with Dependabot; note the lock-vs-float gap at release

pyproject's [ja] extra floats >=0.4 so fresh installs always resolve the
newest namedivider release, while CI's ja-extra job installs from uv.lock
-- frozen at whatever was locked last. Nothing moved the lock, so CI would
keep proving an old version against adapter code whose guards (DividedName
field access, the measured 0.9 confidence floor, the sub-2-char raise) are
calibrated to it. A monthly Dependabot uv-lock bump, scoped to just this
dependency, runs the ja-extra job against each new release when it appears
instead of when a user hits it.

The release checklist gains the matching step: merge open Dependabot lock
PRs before releasing, so a release never ships proven against an older
namedivider than the one its users will install that day.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: derek73

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -4,3 +4,14 @@ updates:
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: "monthly"
+  # nameparser has no runtime dependencies; this watches the one optional-extra
+  # dependency, namedivider-python (the [ja] segmenter). pyproject floats >=0.4 so
+  # fresh installs always get the newest release, but CI's ja-extra job installs
+  # from uv.lock — without these bumps, CI keeps proving an old version while
+  # users install a newer one.
+  - package-ecosystem: "uv"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "monthly"
+    allow:
+      - dependency-name: "namedivider-python"

AGENTS.md

@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ uv run sphinx-build -b html docs dist/docs
 # 0. Review docs/ for anything stale — especially usage.rst (examples, API surface)
 #    and any .rst files that reference config constants or HumanName kwargs
 #    Also review AGENTS.md for stale commands, architecture notes, or gotchas
+#    And check for open Dependabot PRs on uv.lock (namedivider-python) and merge them
+#    first — pyproject floats >=0.4 so fresh installs get the newest namedivider, but
+#    CI's ja-extra job installs from uv.lock and only tests what the lock pins
 # 1. Bump VERSION in nameparser/_version.py (and the `version:` field in CITATION.cff to match)
 #    For a pre-release, set PRE_RELEASE = 'rc1' (etc.) — __version__ joins it without a dot ('2.0.0rc1'); '' means final
 # 2. Stamp "Unreleased" → "X.Y.Z - Month DD, YYYY" in docs/release_log.rst