Add Dependabot for non pinned dependencies #669
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I ran a test on a forked repo and immediately got It does not cover all dependencies (missing some plugins), but shows that plugins and dependencies are handled. I expect the others to get PRs eventually in my experience. |
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These are excluded: * org.jruby:jruby, depends on AsciidoctorJ * org.apache.maven:*, pinned Maven version * org.apache.maven.plugin-tools:*, pinned Maven version * org.apache.maven.doxia:*, pinned Maven Doxia version * org.codehaus.plexus:*, pinned Maven version * commons-io:commons-io, depends on Maven runtime
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What kind of change does this PR introduce? (check at least one)
What is the goal of this pull request?
Automate maintenance of dependencies.
Dependabot is not perfect, but having used it for some time I find it helps. Even if the bump breaks something, at least we get a notification and we see that in CI and can decide what to do. The alternative is depending on time or strength to go through bumps and hope for the best.
Are there any alternative ways to implement this?
There are others. I only have first-hand knowledge Renovate, which I don't like for some companiy and data collection policies. In general, alternatives depend on extra configurations and authorizations, Dependabot being integrated in GitHub makes things easier.
Note: dependabot does text parsing, it does not really run a dependency analysis, which causes some errors, but it helps most of the times.
Pros compensate cons, but there are some:
Are there any implications of this pull request? Anything a user must know?
Not for users.
Is it related to an existing issue?
Finally, please add a corresponding entry to CHANGELOG.adoc