github/dependabot-action

Runs Dependabot Updates via GitHub Actions.

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Dependabot Dependabot

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

  1. Make changes to the PR
  2. Run the following commands:
npm run lint-check
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:

Run script/check-diff
Detected uncommitted changes after build:
diff --git a/dist/main.js b/dist/main.js
index c09ccea..8f50b37 100644
Binary files a/dist/main.js and b/dist/main.js differ
  1. Commit and push the code changes
  2. 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.

Contributors

(top 30 of 35)

dependabot[bot]

579 commits

landongrindheim

381 commits

brrygrdn

241 commits

github/dependabot-action

Runs Dependabot Updates via GitHub Actions.

TypeScript

143

2,031 commits

updated Sep 20, 2026

See the code

README

Dependabot Dependabot

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

  1. Make changes to the PR
  2. Run the following commands:
npm run lint-check
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:

Run script/check-diff
Detected uncommitted changes after build:
diff --git a/dist/main.js b/dist/main.js
index c09ccea..8f50b37 100644
Binary files a/dist/main.js and b/dist/main.js differ
  1. Commit and push the code changes
  2. 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.

Contributors

(top 30 of 35)

dependabot[bot]

579 commits

landongrindheim

381 commits

brrygrdn

241 commits

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