Add patterns to Dependabot config for weekly batched PRs - #673
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Each updates entry needs patterns: ['*'] when using multi-ecosystem-groups so Dependabot batches all dependencies into a single weekly PR instead of creating individual PRs per dependency. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Pull request overview
Updates repository automation and documentation, with the stated goal of making Dependabot batch updates into a single weekly grouped PR.
Changes:
- Add
groups: { all: { patterns: ['*'] } }to each Dependabotupdatesentry to enable within-ecosystem grouping beforemulti-ecosystem-groupbatching. - Update the cross-repo issue triage agentic workflow to clone
github/copilot-agent-runtimelocally and expand/adjust allowed shell tooling. - Add a new documentation guide describing custom agents and sub-agent orchestration across SDK languages.
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.github/dependabot.yaml |
Enables per-ecosystem grouping so multi-ecosystem batching can produce a single weekly PR. |
.github/workflows/cross-repo-issue-analysis.md |
Adjusts agentic workflow behavior/tools and adds a clone step for the runtime repo. |
.github/workflows/cross-repo-issue-analysis.lock.yml |
Compiled workflow output reflecting the .md workflow changes. |
docs/guides/custom-agents.md |
New guide documenting custom agents/sub-agent events and configuration examples. |
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| - package-ecosystem: 'github-actions' | ||
| directory: '/' | ||
| multi-ecosystem-group: 'all' | ||
| patterns: ['*'] | ||
| - package-ecosystem: 'devcontainers' | ||
| directory: '/' |
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The PR title/description are scoped to Dependabot grouping, but this PR also adds a large new documentation page (docs/guides/custom-agents.md) and changes the cross-repo issue triage workflow. Please either update the PR title/description to reflect the additional changes, or split the docs/workflow updates into separate PR(s) so the Dependabot change can be reviewed/rolled back independently.
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Each updates entry needs patterns: ['*'] when using multi-ecosystem-groups so Dependabot batches all dependencies into a single weekly PR instead of creating individual PRs per dependency. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Problem
Dependabot is creating individual PRs per dependency (11 open right now) instead of batching them weekly.
Root cause
The config had
multi-ecosystem-groupsfor cross-ecosystem batching, but eachupdatesentry was missing agroupsblock. Without within-ecosystem grouping, each dependency still gets its own PR —multi-ecosystem-groupsonly merges already-grouped PRs across ecosystems.Fix
Added
groups: { all: { patterns: ['*'] } }to everyupdatesentry so all dependencies within each ecosystem are grouped together first, thenmulti-ecosystem-groupsmerges them into a single weekly PR.