chore(renovate): enable platform auto-merge for green PRs#111
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The Friday-only `schedule` gates Renovate's own merge step, so green PRs sat unmerged for up to a week. Hand merging to GitHub's native auto-merge instead: Renovate flags each PR during the Friday window and GitHub merges it the moment required checks pass, on any day, decoupled from `schedule`. `platformAutomerge` defaults to true; making it explicit documents the dependency on the repo-level prerequisites configured alongside this: - repo setting "Allow auto-merge" enabled - branch protection on `main` requiring the CI checks (MegaLinter, source-tests ubuntu+windows), non-strict, admins exempt Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Captures the lesson from wiring up auto-merge: a restrictive Renovate `schedule` gates Renovate's own merge step, so platform (GitHub-native) auto-merge is needed to merge green PRs outside the window, which in turn needs the repo "Allow auto-merge" setting plus branch protection with the CI checks required (non-strict, admins exempt). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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What
Make Renovate auto-merge actually fire for green PRs, and document the lesson.
Auto-merge was declared in
renovate.json5but stopped working when commit003cab3(2026-05-19) added the Friday-onlyschedule: that window gates Renovate's own merge step, so green PRs sat unmerged for up to a week (e.g. #104). The repo also lacked the prerequisites for GitHub-native auto-merge.Changes
.github/renovate.json5— makeplatformAutomerge: trueexplicit and document why it depends on the repo-level prerequisites. Hands merging to GitHub's native auto-merge so green PRs merge the moment required checks pass, on any day, decoupled fromschedule.home/dot_agents/AGENTS.md— capture the reusable lesson (Renovate auto-merge needs platform prerequisites, not justautomerge: true) under "Git and commits".Repo-level changes already applied live (not in this diff)
main: requireMegaLinter,source-tests (ubuntu-24.04),source-tests (windows-2025);strict=false(so the Friday rebase window can't deadlock merges); admins exempt (direct pushes unaffected); no required reviews.Verification
Enabled auto-merge on a failing PR (#108): GitHub accepted the request but held it (
BLOCKED) becauseMegaLinterwas red, confirming auto-merge works and broken PRs stay blocked.🤖 Generated with Claude Code