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What is GitHub dependabot?

Ever heard of dependabot or seen a dependabot commit in a GitHub repo? Well you might be wondering, What the heck is it?

What is dependabot


Dependabot is a GitHub bot that will auto upgrade your dependencies and GitHub actions to the latest version. It works for Bundler,Cargo,Composer,Docker,Hex,elm-package,git submodule,Go modules,Gradle,Maven,npm,NuGet,pip,pipenv,pip-compile,poetry,Terraform,yarn, or GitHub actions. Its is a great tool if your project has many dependencies!

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