Inthememory Renovate configuration

Renovate configuration presets

Getting Started - App Installation

• for GitHub
• for GitLab
• go to Renovate Dashboard to add your project,
• accept Renovate Bot PR

Features

• ✅ Automerge only when safe
  • When dev dependency that is self validated by CI
  • When project is following semantic-versioning and well maintained
• 🚄 Focus on productivity
  • The configuration should not overburden the team by creating a great amount of PR, it should be a safe way to automate and save time
• ✓ Main Supported Technologies
  • NodeJS
  • Docker
  • React Native & Ionic (no upgrade for native dependencies)
• 🗓️ Scheduled to run outside working hours (night and weekend)

Usage

1. Select repository archetype : Application / Library ?

For an application repository, the recommended strategy is to pin every dependencies, use this configuration:

{
  "extends": ["github>Inthememory/renovate-config:application"]
}

For a library repository (only dev dependencies will be pinned), use this configuration:

{
  "extends": ["github>Inthememory/renovate-config:library"]
}

2. Legacy repository** (unmaintained or untested)

For an unmaintained or untested repository include the configuration (will disable automerge and limit maximum PR). Add a safe guard that avoids too many pull request and disables auto merge.

{
  "extends": [
    // ...
    "github>Inthememory/renovate-config:safeLegacy"
  ]
}

Later, when the PR amount is lower and the application you should remove to safeLegacy.json

Step 3: Add assignees (important)

Renovate will create many pull request. If something fails or a human action is required, there must be an owner to avoid a stock of waiting pull requests

Assign a person

{
  // ...
  "assigneeSampleSize": 2, // Number of person to pick
  "assignees": ["john_doe"] // the github username
}

Assign a team

{
  // ...
  "assigneeSampleSize": 2, // Number of person to pick
  "assignees": ["team:maintainers"] // 'team:' + the github team slug
}

Read the documentation to improve your configuration.

License

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