feat(renovate): don't check docs directory
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Merged configuration changes to exclude the docs directory from Renovate checks. This prevents unhelpful dependency update PRs and avoids introducing bugs in the starter pack. Approved by two reviewers with all CI checks passing.
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Issue body
Per @medubelko's suggestion after seeing https://github.com/canonical/starbase/pull/481, the starter pack should not have renovate PRs reported to us (and in this particular case, it is unhelpfully introducing a bug in the newer version anyways...)
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged configuration changes to exclude the docs directory from Renovate checks. This prevents unhelpful dependency update PRs and avoids introducing bugs in the starter pack. Approved by two reviewers with all CI checks passing. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged configuration changes to exclude the docs directory from Renovate checks. This prevents unhelpful dependency update PRs and potential bugs from being reported for the starter pack. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #115 feat: ignore test directories with renovate | starflow | merged | Merged a configuration update to instruct Renovate to ignore test directories. This prevents unnecessary security updates for test dependencies that may intentionally use older versions. Approved by three reviewers with all CI checks passing. | |
| #152 feat(renovate): don't scan against sphinx-stack deps | starflow | merged | Merged. Configures Renovate to skip scanning and updating dependencies in the docs-sphinx-stack group. Approved by three reviewers with all CI checks passing. Adds four lines to disable updates for these dependencies. | |
| #215 ci: remove deprecated renovate config options | starbase | merged | Merged update removing deprecated Renovate configuration options from CI. Approved by two reviewers, passed checks, and modified two files. | |
| #2778 ci: configure Renovate to ignore docs updates | charmcraft | merged | Merged. Configured Renovate to ignore documentation updates via ignorePaths for docs/**, preventing unnecessary dependency update pull requests for docs-only changes. | |
| #54 deps: improve renovate configuration | starbase | merged | Merged Renovate configuration improvements. Changes add explicit dev dependencies, isolate ruff updates, reduce simultaneous PRs, and fix the automerge schedule. Approved by one reviewer and passed CI. | |
| #298 fix: update renovate config | starbase | merged | Merged an update to the Renovate configuration to address excessive strictness, resolving issue #297. Approved by one reviewer with a minimal one-line change. | |
| #72 tools: improve renovate config | starbase | merged | Merged after approval. Updated Renovate configuration to separate development and regular dependencies using package prefixes and isolate ruff updates. Approved by one reviewer with passing CI checks. | |
| #949 fix(renovate): don't update dependencies in docs spread tests | rockcraft | closed | Closed without merging. Despite approval, a failing CI check and a recent comment suggested reconsidering the change due to new discussions about using Renovate for vulnerability tracking in tutorials. The PR was abandoned. | |
| #450 ci(deps): prevent renovate from updating certain packages | rockcraft | merged | Merged after two approvals and passing CI. Updates one file (+9/-4) to configure Renovate and prevent automatic updates for specific packages. | |
| #185 ci(renovate): fix pre-commit dependency manager | starbase | merged | Merged a maintainer's fix for the pre-commit dependency manager in the CI/renovate configuration. Approved by two reviewers with zero unresolved comments, the change passed CI checks and modified two files (+5/-7 lines). |