From ed72486f542be7e100b791032eca3494bcc1a15d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marie Backman <backmanma@ornl.gov>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:43:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add config for GitHub releases to exclude bot PRs

---
 .github/release.yml | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/release.yml

diff --git a/.github/release.yml b/.github/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2dd461
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Exclude bot PRs from auto-generated release notes
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - ignore-for-release
+    authors:
+      - dependabot
+      - dependabot[bot]
+      - pre-commit-ci[bot]