Group Dependabot PRs for GitHub Actions updates

[3f6a]

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Is there a way to configure Dependabot so that all PRs related to updates to GitHub Actions workflows are bundled together in a single PR?

[Zerotask]

You have this option: https://github.blog/changelog/2023-06-30-grouped-version-updates-for-dependabot-public-beta/

version: 2
  updates:
  - package-ecosystem: "bundler"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: weekly
    # New!
    groups:
      # This is the name of your group, it will be used in PR titles and branch names
      dev-dependencies:
        # A pattern can be...
        patterns:
          - "rubocop" # a single dependency name
          - "aws*"  # or a wildcard string that matches multiple dependencies
          # If you'd simply like to group as many dependencies together as possible, 
          # you can use the wildcard * - but keep in mind this may open a very large PR!
        # Additionally, you can specify any dependencies to be excluded from the group
        exclude-patterns:
          - "aws-sdk"

(from the blog article)

[3f6a]

Yeah, but what's the config for GitHub Actions? What should go in patterns?

[Zerotask]

I haven't used it yet, but I also think the default behavior with multiple PRs especially if you have a larger CI, is not very good.
From the documentation, you could simply use * as pattern to group as many dependencies together as possible.

[3f6a]

Ah will try it out.

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