chore: improve dependabot config — ignore major bumps, group minor/patch#170
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- Add ignore rule for semver-major on all entries (prevents React 18→19, vite→8, ESLint→10, Tailwind→4, .NET→10, Spring Boot→4, etc.) - Add groups to consolidate minor/patch updates per directory into fewer PRs - Standardize open-pull-requests-limit to 5 across all entries - Add config policy comment documenting the approach
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Improve Dependabot Configuration
Prevents the PR pileup problem where 40+ major-bump PRs accumulate that always get closed manually.
Changes
1. Ignore major version bumps (
ignorerules)Every entry now has:
This prevents PRs for: React 18→19, vite→8, ESLint→10, Tailwind→4, .NET 9→10, Spring Boot 3→4, Express 4→5, TypeScript 5→6, etc.
Major upgrades should be planned and executed as coordinated efforts, not individual dependabot PRs.
2. Group minor/patch updates (
groups)Every entry now has:
This consolidates all minor+patch bumps per directory into a single PR instead of one per dependency. Expected reduction: ~5-10x fewer PRs for the same coverage.
3. Standardized limits
All entries use
open-pull-requests-limit: 5(down from 10 on many entries).Impact