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-# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
-# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
-# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
-# https://help.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
-
-# This repo is no longer actively developed, dependabot is disabled
-
-#version: 2
-#updates:
-#  - package-ecosystem: "gomod" # See documentation for possible values
-#    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
-#    schedule:
-#      interval: "daily"
-#    target-branch: release-3.8
-