From 71a07cc7a969b4ca8a9ad2adee6d469424862c23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yeikel Santana Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 20:56:27 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update terminology from 'transient' to 'transitive' As described in https://github.com/dependabot/dependabot-core/issues/13456, `transient` != `transitive` which can cause confusion --- .../working-with-dependabot/dependabot-options-reference.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/code-security/dependabot/working-with-dependabot/dependabot-options-reference.md b/content/code-security/dependabot/working-with-dependabot/dependabot-options-reference.md index 2d3ab1ad4c43..8b58f8817236 100644 --- a/content/code-security/dependabot/working-with-dependabot/dependabot-options-reference.md +++ b/content/code-security/dependabot/working-with-dependabot/dependabot-options-reference.md @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ For most package managers, you should define a value that will match the depende | Dependency types | Supported by package managers | Allow updates | |------------------|-------------------------------|--------| | `direct` | All | All explicitly defined dependencies. | -| `indirect` | `bundler`, `pip`, `composer`, `cargo`, `gomod` | Dependencies of direct dependencies (also known as sub-dependencies, or transient dependencies).| +| `indirect` | `bundler`, `pip`, `composer`, `cargo`, `gomod` | Dependencies of direct dependencies (also known as sub-dependencies, or transitive dependencies).| | `all` | All | All explicitly defined dependencies. For `bundler`, `pip`, `composer`, `cargo`, `gomod`, also the dependencies of direct dependencies.| | `production` | `bundler`, `composer`, `mix`, `maven`, `npm`, `pip` (not all managers) | Only to dependencies defined by the package manager as production dependencies. | | `development`| `bundler`, `composer`, `mix`, `maven`, `npm`, `pip` (not all managers) | Only to dependencies defined by the package manager as development dependencies. |