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Replace continuous Dependabot with a bimonthly, approval-gated update - #20
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Removes dependabot.yml and the auto-merge-on-open workflow entirely --
no more individual dependency PRs appearing and merging on their own.
Adds one workflow that runs itself every 2 months (or on demand): it
checks pip, npm and the Docker base images for anything newer, and if it
finds something, PAUSES on a GitHub Environment ('dependency-approval')
that requires manual review. That pause is what makes GitHub send an
email with a link to an Approve/Reject button -- no third-party mail
service, no credentials, just GitHub's own notification system.
Only after approval does it apply the bumps, open one consolidated PR,
and request auto-merge -- which still can't complete until backend-tests,
frontend-build and docker-build all pass, same as any other PR, enforced
by the branch protection already in place. A dependency check that finds
nothing sends no email at all.
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…ated update (#20) Removes dependabot.yml and the auto-merge-on-open workflow entirely -- no more individual dependency PRs appearing and merging on their own. Adds one workflow that runs itself every 2 months (or on demand): it checks pip, npm and the Docker base images for anything newer, and if it finds something, PAUSES on a GitHub Environment ('dependency-approval') that requires manual review. That pause is what makes GitHub send an email with a link to an Approve/Reject button -- no third-party mail service, no credentials, just GitHub's own notification system. Only after approval does it apply the bumps, open one consolidated PR, and request auto-merge -- which still can't complete until backend-tests, frontend-build and docker-build all pass, same as any other PR, enforced by the branch protection already in place. A dependency check that finds nothing sends no email at all. Co-authored-by: codemastervy <isherveer@amirulandalib.eu.org>
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Removes dependabot.yml and the always-on auto-merge workflow. Adds a workflow that checks for updates every 2 months (or on demand via workflow_dispatch), pauses on a GitHub Environment requiring your approval (this is what triggers GitHub's own approval-request email), and only then applies bumps and opens one PR -- which still has to pass CI to merge.