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+# Basic set up for three package managers
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+
+  # Maintain dependencies for GitHub Actions
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "monthly"
+
+  # Maintain dependencies for jitar
+  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
+    directory: "/jitar"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "monthly"
+    commit-message:
+      # Prefix all commit messages with "npm"
+      prefix: "npm"
+    pull-request-branch-name:
+      # Separate sections of the branch name with a hyphen
+      separator: "-"
+    reviewers:
+      - "basmasking"
+      - "petermasking"
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