fix(ci): remove placeholder entry blocking Dependabot#66
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This dependabot.yml carries GitHub's unedited placeholder alongside a real,
correct entry:
- package-ecosystem: "" # See documentation for possible values
An empty package-ecosystem fails schema validation and GitHub rejects the WHOLE
file, so the real github-actions entry has never run either.
MEASURED: the three estate repos in exactly this state (blocky-writer, jtv-lang,
lcb-website) have 0 Dependabot PRs between them, while comparable repos with
valid configs have 7-63 (aerie 7, standards 8, affinescript 16, hypatia 63).
All three do have .github/workflows/ to update.
Removing the stub leaves the real entry intact and unblocks it. Any entry that
lacked a groups: block gets one, so an ecosystem bump arrives as ONE PR rather
than one per dependency.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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This
dependabot.ymlcarries GitHub's unedited placeholder alongside a real, correct entry:An empty
package-ecosystemfails Dependabot's schema validation, and GitHub rejects the whole file — not just the bad entry. So the realgithub-actionsentry has never run either.Measured, not assumed
The three estate repos in exactly this state have 0 Dependabot PRs between them, while comparable repos with valid configs have plenty:
blocky-writerjtv-langlcb-websiteaeriestandardsaffinescripthypatiaAll three do have a populated
.github/workflows/, so there is genuinely something forgithub-actionsto update.Fix
Excise the stub block. The real entry is untouched and becomes live. Where an entry lacked a
groups:block it gains one, so an ecosystem-wide bump arrives as one PR instead of one per dependency.🤖 Generated with Claude Code