renovate.json5

// Note: we use JSON5 to be able to use comments
// This file is a suggestion for how to customize the default "config:base" preset. The sections below reference
// numbered tips from the cheat sheet in this article: https://www.augmentedmind.de/2021/07/25/renovate-bot-cheat-sheet/
{
    "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
    "extends": [
      "config:base",
      ":preserveSemverRanges"
    ],
    // Configure PR assignees (#4)
    "assignees": [
      "rxcod9"
    ],
    "packageRules": [
      // Disable updates for specific dependencies (#3)
      {
        "matchPackageNames": [
          "neutrino"
        ],
        "enabled": false
      },
      // Avoid spam via automatic merging (#6)
      {
        "description": "Automatically merge minor and patch-level updates",
        "matchUpdateTypes": [
          "minor",
          "patch",
          "digest"
        ],
        "automerge": true,
        // Force Renovate to not create a PR (but merge its branches directly), to avoid PR-related email spam
        "automergeType": "branch"
        // remove this line if you DO want emails (spam)
      },
      // Keep up to date with Renovate Bot's development (#11)
      {
        "description": "Disables the creation of branches/PRs for any minor/patch updates etc. of Renovate bot",
        "matchPaths": [
          "renovate-update-notification/Dockerfile"
        ],
        "matchUpdateTypes": [
          "minor",
          "patch",
          "pin",
          "digest",
          "rollback"
        ],
        "enabled": false
      },
      {
        "description": "Causes the bot to create a PR (and thus, an email notification), whenever there is a new major Renovate version",
        "matchPaths": [
          "renovate-update-notification/Dockerfile"
        ],
        "matchUpdateTypes": [
          "major"
        ],
        // you can also set automerge to true - emails for the PRs will already have been sent anyway, so there is
        // no strict reason to keep the PR open - unless you want to associate it with updates you make to renovate.json5
        "automerge": false,
        // just re-states the default and ensures that PRs are really created - you can remove this line
        // if you did not change "prCreation" elsewhere to some non-default value
        "prCreation": "immediate",
      }
    ],
    // Disable updates for specific programming languages (#3)
    "golang": {
      "enabled": false
    },
    // Avoid spam via scheduling and grouping (#5): avoid interference during working hours - applies globally to all deps!
    "schedule": [
      "after 10pm every weekday",
      "before 5am every weekday",
      "every weekend"
    ],
    // Speed up the automatic merging process (e.g. GitLab) (#6)
    "platformAutomerge": true,
    // Fix default branch rebasing - always rebase still-open temporary branches, whenever its source branch has changed (#8)
    "rebaseWhen": "behind-base-branch",
    // Handle pulled dependency updates (#9)
    "rollbackPrs": true,
    // Improve overview of open PRs (caused by Renovate Bot) (#10)
    "dependencyDashboard": true,
    "dependencyDashboardAutoclose": true,
  }