Add new environment variable DEPENDABOT for users

sungam3r · Jun 20, 2023 · b12d34f · b12d34f
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diff --git a/Dockerfile.updater-core b/Dockerfile.updater-core
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ USER dependabot
 ENV DEPENDABOT_HOME="/home/dependabot"
 WORKDIR $DEPENDABOT_HOME
 
+# For users to determine if dependabot is running
+ENV DEPENDABOT=true
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 # Disable automatic pulling of files stored with Git LFS
 # This avoids downloading large files not necessary for the dependabot scripts
 ENV GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ may be useful for advanced users looking for examples of how to hack on Dependab
 
 ## Dependabot on CI
 
-In an environment such as GitHub where Dependabot is running in a container, if you want to change your build or installation process depending on whether Dependabot is checking, you can determine it by the existence of `DEPENDABOT_HOME` environment variable.
+In an environment such as GitHub where Dependabot is running in a container, if you want to change your build or installation process depending on whether Dependabot is checking, you can determine it by the existence of `DEPENDABOT` environment variable.
 
 # Contributing to Dependabot