Updater Action
Name: github/dependabot-action
Runs Dependabot workloads via GitHub Actions.
Usage Instructions
This action is used by the Dependabot version and security features in GitHub.com. It does not support being used in workflow files directly.
Manually upgrading dependabot-action on GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES)
To manually upgrade dependabot-action on your GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES), follow these instructions.
Warning: The current release of dependabot-action only guarantees backwards compatibility with the currently supported GHES versions. Once a GHES version is deprecated, future versions of dependabot-action may introduce incompatible changes.
Steps required to merge/deploy a PR
- Make changes to the PR
- Run the following commands:
npm run format-check -- --write
npm run test
nvm install;nvm use;npm clean-install;npm ci;npm run package
Note: If you do not execute the above step and commit the code then CI will fail with the below error:
Detected uncommitted changes after build:
diff --git a/dist/main/index.js b/dist/main/index.js
index c09ccea..8f50b37 1006[4](https://github.com/github/dependabot-action/actions/runs/7720200685/job/21044694134?pr=1156#step:7:5)4
Binary files a/dist/main/index.js and b/dist/main/index.js differ
diff --git a/dist/main/index.js.map b/dist/main/index.js.map
index cc44481..e[5](https://github.com/github/dependabot-action/actions/runs/7720200685/job/21044694134?pr=1156#step:7:6)0840f 100[6](https://github.com/github/dependabot-action/actions/runs/7720200685/job/21044694134?pr=1156#step:7:7)44
Binary files a/dist/main/index.js.map and b/dist/main/index.js.map differ
- Commit and push the code changes
- Once PR is approved simply merge the PR. This will cause the PR to be deployed to production
Issues
If you have any problems with Dependabot, please open an issue on dependabot/dependabot-core or contact GitHub Support.