chore: Configure Renovate
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Current evaluation
Renovate onboarding PR merged as commit b5e6526 "Add renovate.json (#3)", adding a minimal renovate.json to activate Mend Renovate for .github/workflows/build-rock.yaml.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: The onboarding PR was approved and merged into main, landing as commit b5e6526 ("Add renovate.json (#3)"), which is the initial commit for renovate.json and matches the reported +6/-0 single-file diff. Renovate has since produced follow-up changes to that config in #19, #86 and #92, confirming the onboarding took effect.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Issue body
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Welcome to [Renovate](https://togithub.com/renovatebot/renovate)! This is an onboarding PR to help you understand and configure settings before regular Pull Requests begin.
🚦 To activate Renovate, merge this Pull Request. To disable Renovate, simply close this Pull Request unmerged.
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### Detected Package Files
* `.github/workflows/build-rock.yaml` (github-actions)
### Configuration Summary
Based on the default config's presets, Renovate will:
- Start dependency updates only once this onboarding PR is merged
- Show all Merge Confidence badges for pull requests.
- Enable Renovate Dependency Dashboard creation.
- Use semantic commit type `fix` for dependencies and `chore` for all others if semantic commits are in use.
- Ignore `node_modules`, `bower_components`, `vendor` and various test/tests directories.
- Group known monorepo packages together.
- Use curated list of recommended non-monorepo package groupings.
- Apply crowd-sourced package replacement rules.
- Apply crowd-sourced workarounds for known problems with packages.
🔡 Do you want to change how Renovate upgrades your dependencies? Add your custom config to `renovate.json` in this branch. Renovate will update the Pull Request description the next time it runs.
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### What to Expect
It looks like your repository dependencies are already up-to-date and no Pull Requests will be necessary right away.
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❓ Got questions? Check out Renovate's [Docs](https://docs.renovatebot.com/), particularly the Getting Started section.
If you need any further assistance then you can also [request help here](https://togithub.com/renovatebot/renovate/discussions).
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This PR has been generated by [Mend Renovate](https://www.mend.io/free-developer-tools/renovate/). View repository job log [here](https://developer.mend.io/github/canonical/snapcraft-rocks).
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Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Renovate onboarding PR merged as commit b5e6526 "Add renovate.json (#3)", adding a minimal renovate.json to activate Mend Renovate for .github/workflows/build-rock.yaml. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged #3 via commit b5e6526, adding renovate.json with default configuration to activate automated dependency updates. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged to activate Renovate for automated dependency updates. The onboarding pull request was approved by one reviewer, passed CI checks, and added the initial renovate.json configuration to the repository. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged to activate Renovate for automated dependency updates. The PR applied default configuration presets, enabling automatic dependency tracking, merge confidence badges, and dependency dashboards. |
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Related work
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Related To:
canonical/snapcraft-rocks#19
(confidence 88%)
Follow-up PR (commit e1a4987) extending the renovate.json introduced here with a rockcraft.yaml customManager and baseBranchPatterns.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2 Configure Renovate | fetch-service | merged | Merged Renovate onboarding PR #2, adding renovate.json with the recommended configuration in commit 86f2a5e. | |
| #156 chore: make renovate update pre-commit-config | starbase | merged | Merged PR #156 as commit 46e9d22, updating Renovate so dependencies in the pre-commit configuration are maintained automatically. | |
| #19 chore(ci): have renovate update snapcraft | snapcraft-rocks | merged | PR #19 merged, adding an 18-line renovate.json (regex customManager on rockcraft.yaml + baseBranchPatterns for coreNN branches) so Renovate bumps canonical/snapcraft versions on live branches; landed as commit e1a4987. | |
| #2 ci: configure Renovate | craft-actions | merged | Renovate onboarding PR merged after review by @sergiusens and @lengau, which stripped Python-specific settings; adds a renovate config (+50/-0, 1 file) enabling automated npm/GitHub Actions dependency updates. | |
| #11 Configure Renovate | craft-store | closed | Renovate onboarding PR #11 was closed unmerged after prolonged inactivity, leaving Renovate unconfigured. Later work added Renovate config in #92 (61a215c). | |
| #65 chore(config): migrate Renovate config | craft-actions | merged | Renovate bot's config migration PR was merged (approved by 2 reviewers, all CI green): renovate.json5 had renamed options updated and comments/trailing commas stripped. Pure chore, +3/-3 lines. | |
| #232 ci: update renovate config and workflow | starbase | merged | Updated Renovate configuration and its validation workflow in merged PR #232 (commit f972745). | |
| #884 Configure Renovate | charmcraft | closed | Renovate onboarding PR #884 was closed unmerged after the bot disabled itself for lack of config; later commit 7adab896 added Renovate configuration. | |
| #944 Configure Renovate | charmcraft | merged | PR #944 merged as commit 7adab896, adding Renovate configuration to enable automated dependency-update pull requests through the Renovate GitHub app. | |
| #86 chore(config): migrate renovate config | snapcraft-rocks | merged | Renovate bot's config migration PR was approved and merged into main as commit 3cb990c, rewriting renamed options in renovate.json (+14/-5), e.g. baseBranches to baseBranchPatterns. A further migration followed in #92. |