From 9216d7e2ead5e2d7db08c7b7c98065b1f1e44f44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ed Sabol <22986767+esabol@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 01:50:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add Dependabot GitHub Actions workflow

---
 .github/dependabot.yml | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/dependabot.yml

diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13d92b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Keep the GitHub Actions used in .github/workflows/* up to date
+# Reference: https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/reference/supply-chain-security/dependabot-options-reference
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"                  # Root of the repository
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 10    # Prevent too many open PRs
+    labels:
+        - "github-actions"
+    # Group updates together (newer Dependabot feature)
+    groups:
+      actions:
+        dependency-type: "production"

From 970fa43ea98f3d73909160364b39dac8352aa25c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ed Sabol <22986767+esabol@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:48:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update Dependabot config to ignore minor and patchlevel
 version updates

---
 .github/dependabot.yml | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 13d92b2..d32b149 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ updates:
     open-pull-requests-limit: 10    # Prevent too many open PRs
     labels:
         - "github-actions"
+    # Only open PRs for major version bumps of Actions.
+    # Minor/patch updates are unnecessary when using floating major tags (e.g. @v4).
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "*"
+        update-types:
+          - "version-update:semver-minor"
+          - "version-update:semver-patch"
     # Group updates together (newer Dependabot feature)
     groups:
       actions: