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+# Basic dependabot.yml file with
+# minimum configuration for two package managers
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  # Enable version updates for python
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+    # Look for a `requirements` in the `root` directory
+    directory: "."
+    # Check for updates once a week
+    schedule:
+      interval: "monthly"
+    # Labels on pull requests for version updates only
+    labels: ["CI"]
+    pull-request-branch-name:
+      # Separate sections of the branch name with a hyphen
+      # for example, `dependabot-npm_and_yarn-next_js-acorn-6.4.1`
+      separator: "-"
+    # Allow up to 5 open pull requests for pip dependencies
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    reviewers:
+      - "borda"
+
+  # Enable version updates for GitHub Actions
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    # Check for updates once a week
+    schedule:
+      interval: "monthly"
+    # Labels on pull requests for version updates only
+    labels: ["CI"]
+    pull-request-branch-name:
+      # Separate sections of the branch name with a hyphen
+      # for example, `dependabot-npm_and_yarn-next_js-acorn-6.4.1`
+      separator: "-"
+    # Allow up to 5 open pull requests for GitHub Actions
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    reviewers:
+      - "borda"