Renovate by default doesn't group dependencies. This is to achieve fine-grained changes. However, it can also be the root cause for maintainers getting flooded with notifications.
With regards to Renovate [noise reduction](https://docs.renovatebot.com/noise-reduction/) and related to #93, one of the most powerful ways is grouping related dependencies into a single Pull Request.
This introduces the following reusable presets:
- Golang dependencies
- NPM dependencies
- Workflow/Actions dependencies
- Security fixes (depends on an experimental feature: https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/discussions/20542)
Combining those presets with proper Pull Request scheduling, they can help finding a good workflow to keep up-to-date.
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A heads-up about possible downsides of dependency grouping. If a group contains an update that is not possible, one has to either:
- manually adjust the Pull Request to not include that package update
- manually adjust the repository `renovate.json5` to ignore a specific package version
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/renovate-config/pulls/97
Reviewed-by: Jason Song <i@wolfogre.com>
Co-authored-by: justusbunsi <sk.bunsenbrenner@gmail.com>
Co-committed-by: justusbunsi <sk.bunsenbrenner@gmail.com>
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