dependabot / dependabot/dependabot-core
bug: `update-type` is sometimes `null`
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F: pull-requests
T: bug 🐞
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Description
I want to auto-merge for minor and patch updates, but the `update-type` is always `null`.
You may see [this job](https://github.com/vicary/test-dependabot/runs/4272654397) for the metadata output.
Am I doing it wrong?
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked GitHub Actions job and inspect its metadata output to reproduce when update-type is null. Trace how Dependabot produces that field and compare the cases where minor or patch updates are expected; done means identifying the cause and confirming corrected metadata with a regression test.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- github-actions
- Domain
- devops
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100