add a "force" or "redo" command?

[Pomax]

Sometimes someone new to dependabot PRs will update a file in its commit, without a way to undo that, so dependabot will go "sorry, someone else edited my files, I can't rebase anymore now" even though we don't care about whether or not it "can", just that it "does" =)

Would it be possible to add a new command like @dependabot force-rebase or @dependabot redo, to make it throw away any changes past its own and only redoing the dependency bump based on whatever master is right now?

[greysteil]

That's a really good suggestion. I'll try to get it added today.

[Pomax]

Thanks so much! The "redo" command is probably the better of the two, since that suggests a do-over rather than a rebase (which normally includes all changes made).

[greysteil]

Took a little longer than I though but I've just shipped this as @dependabot recreate (I couldn't think of a perfect name for it, as recreate suggests that Dependabot would close the PR and open a new one, but I think that's closest to what's happening. If folks get confused I may change it so that it actually does close the PR and open a new one).

Thanks for the feedback!