Configuration options for dependency updates

Detailed information for all the options you can use to customize how Dependabot maintains your repositories.

People with write permissions to a repository can configure Dependabot for the repository.

About the dependabot.yml file

The Dependabot configuration file, dependabot.yml, uses YAML syntax. If you're new to YAML and want to learn more, see "Learn YAML in five minutes."

You must store this file in the .github directory of your repository. When you add or update the dependabot.yml file, this triggers an immediate check for version updates. For more information and an example, see "Enabling and disabling Dependabot version updates."

Any options that also affect security updates are used the next time a security alert triggers a pull request for a security update. For more information, see "Configuring Dependabot security updates."

The dependabot.yml file has two mandatory top-level keys: version, and updates. You can, optionally, include a top-level registries key. The file must start with version: 2.

Configuration options for updates

The top-level updates key is mandatory. You use it to configure how Dependabot updates the versions or your project's dependencies. Each entry configures the update settings for a particular package manager. You can use the following options.

Option	Required	Description
`package-ecosystem`	X	Package manager to use
`directory`	X	Location of package manifests
`schedule.interval`	X	How often to check for updates
`allow`		Customize which updates are allowed
`assignees`		Assignees to set on pull requests
`commit-message`		Commit message preferences
`ignore`		Ignore certain dependencies or versions
`insecure-external-code-execution`		Allow or deny code execution in manifest files
`labels`		Labels to set on pull requests
`milestone`		Milestone to set on pull requests
`open-pull-requests-limit`		Limit number of open pull requests for version updates
`pull-request-branch-name.separator`		Change separator for pull request branch names
`rebase-strategy`		Disable automatic rebasing
`registries`		Private registries that Dependabot can access
`reviewers`		Reviewers to set on pull requests
`schedule.day`		Day of week to check for updates
`schedule.time`		Time of day to check for updates (hh:mm)
`schedule.timezone`		Timezone for time of day (zone identifier)
`target-branch`		Branch to create pull requests against
`vendor`		Update vendored or cached dependencies
`versioning-strategy`		How to update manifest version requirements

These options fit broadly into the following categories.

Essential set up options that you must include in all configurations: package-ecosystem, directory,schedule.interval.
Options to customize the update schedule: schedule.time, schedule.timezone, schedule.day.
Options to control which dependencies are updated: allow, ignore, vendor.
Options to add metadata to pull requests: reviewers, assignees, labels, milestone.
Options to change the behavior of the pull requests: target-branch, versioning-strategy, commit-message, rebase-strategy, pull-request-branch-name.separator.

In addition, the open-pull-requests-limit option changes the maximum number of pull requests for version updates that Dependabot can open.

Note: Some of these configuration options may also affect pull requests raised for security updates of vulnerable package manifests.

Security updates are raised for vulnerable package manifests only on the default branch. When configuration options are set for the same branch (true unless you use target-branch), and specify a package-ecosystem and directory for the vulnerable manifest, then pull requests for security updates use relevant options.

In general, security updates use any configuration options that affect pull requests, for example, adding metadata or changing their behavior. For more information about security updates, see "Configuring Dependabot security updates."

`package-ecosystem`

Required. You add one package-ecosystem element for each package manager that you want Dependabot to monitor for new versions. The repository must also contain a dependency manifest or lock file for each of these package managers. If you want to enable vendoring for a package manager that supports it, the vendored dependencies must be located in the required directory. For more information, see vendor below.

The following table shows, for each package manager:

The YAML value to use in the dependabot.yml file
The supported versions of the package manager
Whether dependencies in private GitHub repositories or registries are supported
Whether vendored dependencies are supported

Package manager	YAML value	Supported versions	Private repositories	Private registries	Vendoring
Bundler	`bundler`	v1, v2		✓	✓
Cargo	`cargo`	v1	✓	✓
Composer	`composer`	v1, v2	✓	✓
Docker	`docker`	v1	✓	✓
Hex	`mix`	v1		✓
elm-package	`elm`	v0.19	✓	✓
git submodule	`gitsubmodule`	N/A (no version)	✓	✓
GitHub Actions	`github-actions`	N/A (no version)	✓	✓
Go modules	`gomod`	v1	✓	✓	✓
Gradle	`gradle`	N/A (no version)^[1]	✓	✓
Maven	`maven`	N/A (no version)^[2]	✓	✓
npm	`npm`	v6, v7	✓	✓
NuGet	`nuget`	<= 4.8^[3]	✓	✓
pip	`pip`	v21.1.2		✓
pipenv	`pip`	<= 2021-05-29		✓
pip-compile	`pip`	6.1.0		✓
poetry	`pip`	v1		✓
Terraform	`terraform`	>= 0.13, <= 1.0	✓	✓
yarn	`npm`	v1	✓	✓

[1] Dependabot doesn't run Gradle but supports updates to the following files: build.gradle, build.gradle.kts (for Kotlin projects), and files included via the apply declaration that have dependencies in the filename. Note that apply does not support apply to, recursion, or advanced syntaxes (for example, Kotlin's apply with mapOf, filenames defined by property).

[2] Dependabot doesn't run Maven but supports updates to pom.xml files.

[3] Dependabot doesn't run the NuGet CLI but does support most features up until version 4.8.

For package managers such as pipenv and poetry, you need to use the pip YAML value. For example, if you use poetry to manage your Python dependencies and want Dependabot to monitor your dependency manifest file for new versions, use package-ecosystem: "pip" in your dependabot.yml file.

# Basic set up for three package managers

version: 2
updates:

  # Maintain dependencies for GitHub Actions
  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"

  # Maintain dependencies for npm
  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"

  # Maintain dependencies for Composer
  - package-ecosystem: "composer"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"

`directory`

Required. You must define the location of the package manifests for each package manager (for example, the package.json or Gemfile). You define the directory relative to the root of the repository for all ecosystems except GitHub Actions. For GitHub Actions, set the directory to / to check for workflow files in .github/workflows.

# Specify location of manifest files for each package manager

version: 2
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: "composer"
    # Files stored in repository root
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"

  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
    # Files stored in `app` directory
    directory: "/app"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"

  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
    # Workflow files stored in the
    # default location of `.github/workflows`
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"

`schedule.interval`

Required. You must define how often to check for new versions for each package manager. By default, Dependabot randomly assigns a time to apply all the updates in the configuration file. To set a specific time, you can use schedule.time and schedule.timezone.

daily—runs on every weekday, Monday to Friday.
weekly—runs once each week. By default, this is on Monday. To modify this, use schedule.day.
monthly—runs once each month. This is on the first day of the month.

# Set update schedule for each package manager

version: 2
updates:

  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      # Check for updates to GitHub Actions every weekday
      interval: "daily"

  - package-ecosystem: "composer"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      # Check for updates managed by Composer once a week
      interval: "weekly"

Note: schedule defines when Dependabot attempts a new update. However, it's not the only time you may receive pull requests. Updates can be triggered based on changes to your dependabot.yml file, changes to your manifest file(s) after a failed update, or Dependabot security updates. For more information, see "Frequency of Dependabot pull requests" and "About Dependabot security updates."

`allow`

By default all dependencies that are explicitly defined in a manifest or lock file are kept up to date. You can use allow and ignore to customize which dependencies to maintain with version updates. Dependabot checks for all allowed dependencies and then filters out any ignored dependencies or versions. So a dependency that is matched by both an allow and an ignore will be ignored.

Use the allow option to customize which dependencies are updated. This applies to both version and security updates. You can use the following options:

dependency-name—use to allow updates for dependencies with matching names, optionally using * to match zero or more characters. For Java dependencies, the format of the dependency-name attribute is: groupId:artifactId, for example: org.kohsuke:github-api.

dependency-type—use to allow updates for dependencies of specific types.

Dependency types	Supported by package managers	Allow updates
`direct`	All	All explicitly defined dependencies.
`indirect`	`bundler`, `pip`, `composer`, `cargo`	Dependencies of direct dependencies (also known as sub-dependencies, or transient dependencies).
`all`	All	All explicitly defined dependencies. For `bundler`, `pip`, `composer`, `cargo`, also the dependencies of direct dependencies.
`production`	`bundler`, `composer`, `mix`, `maven`, `npm`, `pip`	Only dependencies in the "Production dependency group".
`development`	`bundler`, `composer`, `mix`, `maven`, `npm`, `pip`	Only dependencies in the "Development dependency group".

# Use `allow` to specify which dependencies to maintain

version: 2
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"
    allow:
      # Allow updates for Lodash
      - dependency-name: "lodash"
      # Allow updates for React and any packages starting "react"
      - dependency-name: "react*"

  - package-ecosystem: "composer"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"
    allow:
      # Allow both direct and indirect updates for all packages
      - dependency-type: "all"

  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"
    allow:
      # Allow only direct updates for
      # Django and any packages starting "django"
      - dependency-name: "django*"
        dependency-type: "direct"
      # Allow only production updates for Sphinx
      - dependency-name: "sphinx"
        dependency-type: "production"

`assignees`

Use assignees to specify individual assignees for all pull requests raised for a package manager.

Setting this option will also affect pull requests for security updates to the manifest files of this package manager, unless you use target-branch to check for version updates on a non-default branch.

# Specify assignees for pull requests

version: 2
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"
    # Add assignees
    assignees:
      - "octocat"

`commit-message`

By default, Dependabot attempts to detect your commit message preferences and use similar patterns. Use the commit-message option to specify your preferences explicitly.

Supported options

prefix specifies a prefix for all commit messages.
prefix-development specifies a separate prefix for all commit messages that update dependencies in the Development dependency group. When you specify a value for this option, the prefix is used only for updates to dependencies in the Production dependency group. This is supported by: bundler, composer, mix, maven, npm, and pip.
include: "scope" specifies that any prefix is followed by a list of the dependencies updated in the commit.

# Customize commit messages

version: 2
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"
    commit-message:
      # Prefix all commit messages with "npm"
      prefix: "npm"

  - package-ecosystem: "composer"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"
    # Prefix all commit messages with "Composer"
    # include a list of updated dependencies
    commit-message:
      prefix: "Composer"
      include: "scope"

  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"
    # Include a list of updated dependencies
    # with a prefix determined by the dependency group
    commit-message:
      prefix: "pip prod"
      prefix-development: "pip dev"
      include: "scope"

`ignore`

Dependencies can be ignored either by adding them to ignore or by using the @dependabot ignore command on a pull request opened by Dependabot.

Creating `ignore` conditions from `@dependabot ignore`

Dependencies ignored by using the @dependabot ignore command are stored centrally for each package manager. If you start ignoring dependencies in the dependabot.yml file, these existing preferences are considered alongside the ignore dependencies in the configuration.

You can check whether a repository has stored ignore preferences by searching the repository for "@dependabot ignore" in:comments. If you wish to un-ignore a dependency ignored this way, re-open the pull request.

For more information about the @dependabot ignore commands, see "Managing pull requests for dependency updates."

Specifying dependencies and versions to ignore

You can use the ignore option to customize which dependencies are updated. The ignore option supports the following options.

dependency-name—use to ignore updates for dependencies with matching names, optionally using * to match zero or more characters. For Java dependencies, the format of the dependency-name attribute is: groupId:artifactId (for example: org.kohsuke:github-api).
versions—use to ignore specific versions or ranges of versions. If you want to define a range, use the standard pattern for the package manager (for example: ^1.0.0 for npm, or ~> 2.0 for Bundler).
update-types—use to ignore types of updates, such as semver major, minor, or patch updates on version updates (for example: version-update:semver-patch will ignore patch updates). You can combine this with dependency-name: "*" to ignore particular update-types for all dependencies. Currently, version-update:semver-major, version-update:semver-minor, and version-update:semver-patch are the only supported options. Security updates are unaffected by this setting.

If versions and update-types are used together, Dependabot will ignore any update in either set.

# Use `ignore` to specify dependencies that should not be updated 

version: 2
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"
    ignore:
      - dependency-name: "express"
        # For Express, ignore all updates for version 4 and 5
        versions: ["4.x", "5.x"]
        # For Lodash, ignore all updates
      - dependency-name: "lodash"
        # For AWS SDK, ignore all patch updates
      - dependency-name: "aws-sdk"
        update-types: ["version-update:semver-patch"]

Note: Dependabot can only run version updates on manifest or lock files if it can access all of the dependencies in the file, even if you add inaccessible dependencies to the ignore option of your configuration file. For more information, see "Managing security and analysis settings for your organization" and "Troubleshooting Dependabot errors."

`insecure-external-code-execution`

Package managers with the package-ecosystem values bundler, mix, and pip may execute external code in the manifest as part of the version update process. This might allow a compromised package to steal credentials or gain access to configured registries. When you add a registries setting within an updates configuration, Dependabot automatically prevents external code execution, in which case the version update may fail. You can choose to override this behavior and allow external code execution for bundler, mix, and pip package managers by setting insecure-external-code-execution to allow.

You can explicitly deny external code execution, irrespective of whether there is a registries setting for this update configuration, by setting insecure-external-code-execution to deny.

# Allow external code execution when updating dependencies from private registries

version: 2
registries:
  ruby-github:
    type: rubygems-server
    url: https://rubygems.pkg.github.com/octocat/github_api
    token: ${{secrets.MY_GITHUB_PERSONAL_TOKEN}}
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: "bundler"
    directory: "/rubygems-server"
    insecure-external-code-execution: allow
    registries: "*"
    schedule:
      interval: "monthly"

`labels`

By default, Dependabot raises all pull requests with the dependencies label. If more than one package manager is defined, Dependabot includes an additional label on each pull request. This indicates which language or ecosystem the pull request will update, for example: java for Gradle updates and submodules for git submodule updates. Dependabot creates these default labels automatically, as necessary in your repository.

Use labels to override the default labels and specify alternative labels for all pull requests raised for a package manager. If any of these labels is not defined in the repository, it is ignored. To disable all labels, including the default labels, use labels: [ ].

# Specify labels for pull requests

version: 2
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"
    # Specify labels for npm pull requests
    labels:
      - "npm"
      - "dependencies"

`milestone`

Use milestone to associate all pull requests raised for a package manager with a milestone. You need to specify the numeric identifier of the milestone and not its label. If you view a milestone, the final part of the page URL, after milestone, is the identifier. For example: https://github.com/<org>/<repo>/milestone/3.

# Specify a milestone for pull requests

version: 2
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"
    # Associate pull requests with milestone "4"
    milestone: 4

`open-pull-requests-limit`

By default, Dependabot opens a maximum of five pull requests for version updates. Once there are five open pull requests, new requests are blocked until you merge or close some of the open requests, after which new pull requests can be opened on subsequent updates. Use open-pull-requests-limit to change this limit. This also provides a simple way to temporarily disable version updates for a package manager.

This option has no impact on security updates, which have a separate, internal limit of ten open pull requests.

# Specify the number of open pull requests allowed

version: 2
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"
    # Disable version updates for npm dependencies
    open-pull-requests-limit: 0

  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"
    # Allow up to 10 open pull requests for pip dependencies
    open-pull-requests-limit: 10

`pull-request-branch-name.separator`

Dependabot generates a branch for each pull request. Each branch name includes dependabot, and the package manager and dependency that are updated. By default, these parts are separated by a / symbol, for example: dependabot/npm_and_yarn/next_js/acorn-6.4.1.

Use pull-request-branch-name.separator to specify a different separator. This can be one of: "-", _ or /. The hyphen symbol must be quoted because otherwise it's interpreted as starting an empty YAML list.

# Specify a different separator for branch names

version: 2
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"
    pull-request-branch-name:
      # Separate sections of the branch name with a hyphen
      # for example, `dependabot-npm_and_yarn-next_js-acorn-6.4.1`
      separator: "-"

`rebase-strategy`

By default, Dependabot automatically rebases open pull requests when it detects any changes to the pull request. Use rebase-strategy to disable this behavior.

Available rebase strategies

disabled to disable automatic rebasing.
auto to use the default behavior and rebase open pull requests when changes are detected.

# Disable automatic rebasing

version: 2
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"
    # Disable rebasing for npm pull requests
    rebase-strategy: "disabled"

`registries`

To allow Dependabot to access a private package registry when performing a version update, you must include a registries setting within the relevant updates configuration. You can allow all of the defined registries to be used by setting registries to "*". Alternatively, you can list the registries that the update can use. To do this, use the name of the registry as defined in the top-level registries section of the dependabot.yml file. For more information, see "Configuration options for private registries" below.

To allow Dependabot to use bundler, mix, and pip package managers to update dependencies in private registries, you can choose to allow external code execution. For more information, see insecure-external-code-execution above.

# Allow Dependabot to use one of the two defined private registries 
# when updating dependency versions for this ecosystem

version: 2
registries:
  maven-github:
    type: maven-repository
    url: https://maven.pkg.github.com/octocat
    username: octocat
    password: ${{secrets.MY_ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD}}
  npm-npmjs:
    type: npm-registry
    url: https://registry.npmjs.org
    username: octocat
    password: ${{secrets.MY_NPM_PASSWORD}}
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: "gitsubmodule"
    directory: "/"
    registries:
      - maven-github
    schedule:
      interval: "monthly"

`reviewers`

Use reviewers to specify individual reviewers or teams of reviewers for all pull requests raised for a package manager. You must use the full team name, including the organization, as if you were @mentioning the team.

# Specify reviewers for pull requests

version: 2
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"
    # Add reviewers
    reviewers:
      - "octocat"
      - "my-username"
      - "my-org/python-team"

`schedule.day`

When you set a weekly update schedule, by default, Dependabot checks for new versions on Monday at a random set time for the repository. Use schedule.day to specify an alternative day to check for updates.

Supported values

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday

# Specify the day for weekly checks

version: 2
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "weekly"
      # Check for npm updates on Sundays
      day: "sunday"

`schedule.time`

By default, Dependabot checks for new versions at a random set time for the repository. Use schedule.time to specify an alternative time of day to check for updates (format: hh:mm).

# Set a time for checks
version: 2
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"
      # Check for npm updates at 9am UTC
      time: "09:00"

`schedule.timezone`

By default, Dependabot checks for new versions at a random set time for the repository. Use schedule.timezone to specify an alternative time zone. The time zone identifier must be from the Time Zone database maintained by iana. For more information, see List of tz database time zones.

# Specify the timezone for checks

version: 2
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"
      time: "09:00"
      # Use Japan Standard Time (UTC +09:00)
      timezone: "Asia/Tokyo"

`target-branch`

By default, Dependabot checks for manifest files on the default branch and raises pull requests for version updates against this branch. Use target-branch to specify a different branch for manifest files and for pull requests. When you use this option, the settings for this package manager will no longer affect any pull requests raised for security updates.

# Specify a non-default branch for pull requests for pip

version: 2
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"
    # Raise pull requests for version updates
    # to pip against the `develop` branch
    target-branch: "develop"
    # Labels on pull requests for version updates only
    labels:
      - "pip dependencies"

  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "weekly"
      # Check for npm updates on Sundays
      day: "sunday"
    # Labels on pull requests for security and version updates
    labels:
      - "npm dependencies"

`vendor`

Use the vendor option to tell Dependabot to vendor dependencies when updating them. Don't use this option if you're using gomod as Dependabot automatically detects vendoring for this tool.

# Configure version updates for both dependencies defined in manifests and vendored dependencies

version: 2
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: "bundler"
    # Raise pull requests to update vendored dependencies that are checked in to the repository
    vendor: true
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "weekly"

Dependabot only updates the vendored dependencies located in specific directories in a repository.

Package manager	Required file path for vendored dependencies	More information
`bundler`	The dependencies must be in the vendor/cache directory. Other file paths are not supported.	`bundle cache` documentation
`gomod`	No path requirement (dependencies are usually located in the vendor directory)	`go mod vendor` documentation

`versioning-strategy`

When Dependabot edits a manifest file to update a version, it uses the following overall strategies:

For apps, the version requirements are increased, for example: npm, pip and Composer.
For libraries, the range of versions is widened, for example: Bundler and Cargo.

Use the versioning-strategy option to change this behavior for supported package managers.

Available update strategies

Option	Supported by	Action
`lockfile-only`	`bundler`, `cargo`, `composer`, `mix`, `npm`, `pip`	Only create pull requests to update lockfiles. Ignore any new versions that would require package manifest changes.
`auto`	`bundler`, `cargo`, `composer`, `mix`, `npm`, `pip`	Follow the default strategy described above.
`widen`	`composer`, `npm`	Relax the version requirement to include both the new and old version, when possible.
`increase`	`bundler`, `composer`, `npm`	Always increase the version requirement to match the new version.
`increase-if-necessary`	`bundler`, `composer`, `npm`	Increase the version requirement only when required by the new version.

# Customize the manifest version strategy

version: 2
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"
    # Update the npm manifest file to relax
    # the version requirements
    versioning-strategy: widen

  - package-ecosystem: "composer"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"
    # Increase the version requirements for Composer
    # only when required
    versioning-strategy: increase-if-necessary

  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"
    # Only allow updates to the lockfile for pip and
    # ignore any version updates that affect the manifest
    versioning-strategy: lockfile-only

Configuration options for private registries

The top-level registries key is optional. It allows you to specify authentication details that Dependabot can use to access private package registries.

Note: Private registries behind firewalls on private networks are not supported.

The value of the registries key is an associative array, each element of which consists of a key that identifies a particular registry and a value which is an associative array that specifies the settings required to access that registry. The following dependabot.yml file, configures a registry identified as dockerhub in the registries section of the file and then references this in the updates section of the file.

# Minimal settings to update dependencies in one private registry

version: 2
registries:
  dockerhub: # Define access for a private registry 
    type: docker-registry
    url: registry.hub.docker.com
    username: octocat
    password: ${{secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD}}
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: "docker"
    directory: "/docker-registry/dockerhub"
    registries:
      - dockerhub # Allow version updates for dependencies in this registry
    schedule:
      interval: "monthly"

You use the following options to specify access settings. Registry settings must contain a type and a url, and typically either a username and password combination or a token.

Option	Description
`type`	Identifies the type of registry. See the full list of types below.
`url`	The URL to use to access the dependencies in this registry. The protocol is optional. If not specified, `https://` is assumed. Dependabot adds or ignores trailing slashes as required.
`username`	The username that Dependabot uses to access the registry.
`password`	A reference to a Dependabot secret containing the password for the specified user. For more information, see "Managing encrypted secrets for Dependabot."
`key`	A reference to a Dependabot secret containing an access key for this registry. For more information, see "Managing encrypted secrets for Dependabot."
`token`	A reference to a Dependabot secret containing an access token for this registry. For more information, see "Managing encrypted secrets for Dependabot."
`replaces-base`	For registries with `type: python-index`, if the boolean value is `true`, pip resolves dependencies by using the specified URL rather than the base URL of the Python Package Index (by default `https://pypi.org/simple`).

Each configuration type requires you to provide particular settings. Some types allow more than one way to connect. The following sections provide details of the settings you should use for each type.

`composer-repository`

The composer-repository type supports username and password.

registries:
  composer:
    type: composer-repository
    url: https://repo.packagist.com/example-company/
    username: octocat
    password: ${{secrets.MY_PACKAGIST_PASSWORD}}

`docker-registry`

The docker-registry type supports username and password.

registries:
  dockerhub:
    type: docker-registry
    url: https://registry.hub.docker.com
    username: octocat
    password: ${{secrets.MY_DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD}}

The docker-registry type can also be used to pull from Amazon ECR using static AWS credentials.

registries:
  ecr-docker:
    type: docker-registry
    url: https://1234567890.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
    username: ${{secrets.ECR_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}}
    password: ${{secrets.ECR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}}

`git`

The git type supports username and password.

registries:
  github-octocat:
    type: git
    url: https://github.com
    username: x-access-token
    password: ${{secrets.MY_GITHUB_PERSONAL_TOKEN}}

`hex-organization`

The hex-organization type supports organization and key.

registries:
  github-hex-org:
    type: hex-organization
    organization: github
    key: ${{secrets.MY_HEX_ORGANIZATION_KEY}}

`maven-repository`

The maven-repository type supports username and password.

registries:
  maven-artifactory:
    type: maven-repository
    url: https://artifactory.example.com
    username: octocat
    password: ${{secrets.MY_ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD}}

`npm-registry`

The npm-registry type supports username and password, or token.

When using username and password, your .npmrc's auth token may contain a base64 encoded _password; however, the password referenced in your Dependabot configuration file must be the original (unencoded) password.

registries:
  npm-npmjs:
    type: npm-registry
    url: https://registry.npmjs.org
    username: octocat
    password: ${{secrets.MY_NPM_PASSWORD}}  # Must be an unencoded password

registries:
  npm-github:
    type: npm-registry
    url: https://npm.pkg.github.com
    token: ${{secrets.MY_GITHUB_PERSONAL_TOKEN}}

`nuget-feed`

The nuget-feed type supports username and password, or token.

registries:
  nuget-example:
    type: nuget-feed
    url: https://nuget.example.com/v3/index.json
    username: octocat@example.com
    password: ${{secrets.MY_NUGET_PASSWORD}}

registries:
  nuget-azure-devops:
    type: nuget-feed
    url: https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/.../_packaging/My_Feed/nuget/v3/index.json
    token: ${{secrets.MY_AZURE_DEVOPS_TOKEN}}

`python-index`

The python-index type supports username and password, or token.

registries:
  python-example:
    type: python-index
    url: https://example.com/_packaging/my-feed/pypi/example
    username: octocat
    password: ${{secrets.MY_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD}}
    replaces-base: true

registries:
  python-azure:
    type: python-index
    url: https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/octocat/_packaging/my-feed/pypi/example
    token: ${{secrets.MY_AZURE_DEVOPS_TOKEN}}
    replaces-base: true

`rubygems-server`

The rubygems-server type supports username and password, or token.

registries:
  ruby-example:
    type: rubygems-server
    url: https://rubygems.example.com
    username: octocat@example.com
    password: ${{secrets.MY_RUBYGEMS_PASSWORD}}

registries:
  ruby-github:
    type: rubygems-server
    url: https://rubygems.pkg.github.com/octocat/github_api
    token: ${{secrets.MY_GITHUB_PERSONAL_TOKEN}}

`terraform-registry`

The terraform-registry type supports a token.

registries:
  terraform-example:
    type: terraform-registry
    url: https://terraform.example.com
    token: ${{secrets.MY_TERRAFORM_API_TOKEN}}

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Configuration options for dependency updates

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About the dependabot.yml file

Configuration options for updates

package-ecosystem

directory

schedule.interval

allow

assignees

commit-message

ignore

Creating ignore conditions from @dependabot ignore

Specifying dependencies and versions to ignore

insecure-external-code-execution

labels

milestone

open-pull-requests-limit

pull-request-branch-name.separator

rebase-strategy

registries

reviewers

schedule.day

schedule.time

schedule.timezone

target-branch

vendor

versioning-strategy