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+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+      time: "09:00"
+      timezone: "Europe/Berlin"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    cooldown:
+      default-days: 7
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+      - "github-actions"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore(actions)"
+      include: "scope"
+    ignore:
+      # This tells Dependabot to ignore patch and minor bumps for all GHA dependencies, so it won't try to pin v8.3.7 — only major version bumps (e.g. v8 → v9) would trigger a PR
+      - dependency-name: "*"
+        update-types:
+          ["version-update:semver-patch", "version-update:semver-minor"]