chore(ci): scope dependabot prefixes so release-please skips non-runtime updates#48
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…ime updates Runtime deps -> fix(deps) (patch bump). Dev deps -> chore(deps-dev) (no bump). GH Actions / reusable workflows -> chore(ci) (no bump). Verified on openCoreEMR/release-please-test that release-please honors these prefixes: only fix(deps) lands in the next release PR; chore(deps-dev) and chore(ci) are excluded from version bumping.
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Summary
Scope Dependabot's commit-message prefixes so release-please only opens a release PR when something user-facing actually changed.
depsfix(deps)deps-devchore(deps-dev)depschore(ci)Why
Today every Dependabot PR lands as
deps:ordeps-dev:, both of which release-please's default conventionalcommits config treats as version-bumping. The fleet symptom: release PRs whose only payload is a dev-only bump (rector, phpunit, composer-normalize) or a reusable-workflow update — noise releases that ship nothing user-facing.Verified
Tested on openCoreEMR/release-please-test:
fix(deps):→ added under Bug Fixes in the next release PR (patch bump)chore(deps-dev):→ absent from release PR (no bump)chore(ci):→ absent from release PR (no bump)Test plan
fix(deps)/chore(deps-dev)/chore(ci)prefixes.chore(...)-only changes.