fix(deps): stop double-deps in dependabot commit messages#49
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Our dependabot.yml was producing PR titles like:
build(deps)(deps): bump foo from 1 to 2
build(ci)(deps): bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6
…with a doubled `(deps)` scope. Root cause was a config that put
the conventional-commit scope INSIDE the prefix AND told dependabot
to add it AGAIN:
commit-message:
prefix: "build(deps)" ← scope already inlined here
include: "scope" ← dependabot also inserts "(deps)"
between prefix and ":"
Dependabot then composes:
<prefix><scope>: <message>
"build(deps)" + "(deps)" + ":" + ...
→ "build(deps)(deps): ..."
The fix is to keep `include: "scope"` (it's the part that varies per
dep / group / ecosystem and is genuinely useful) and trim `prefix`
down to just the conventional-commit type:
Gradle ecosystem entries:
prefix: "build(deps)" → "build"
→ "build(deps): bump foo from 1 to 2"
→ "build(deps-spring-boot): bump the spring-boot group ..."
github-actions ecosystem entry:
prefix: "build(ci)" → "ci"
→ "ci(deps): bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6"
Now titles read cleanly and the scope still distinguishes what kind
of bump landed.
All three commit-message blocks (SB3 gradle, SB4 gradle, github-
actions) updated in one pass; no other config touched.
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Quick fix for the
build(deps)(deps): ...(andbuild(ci)(deps): ...) double-scope titles dependabot was producing.Root cause
Dependabot composes
<prefix><scope>: <message>→"build(deps)" + "(deps)" + ":" + ...→ doubled.Fix
Keep
include: "scope"(the part that varies per dep / group / ecosystem and is genuinely useful), trimprefixto just the conventional-commit type:build(deps)buildbuild(deps): bump foo from 1 to 2build(deps)buildbuild(deps): bump the spring-boot group ...build(ci)cici(deps): bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6Verification
Config-only. CI
detectwill identify zero demos changed (no*-demo/paths touched) and build job will skip.Test plan