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+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: 'pip'
+    directory: '/'
+    schedule:
+      interval: 'weekly'
+      day: 'saturday'
+    cooldown:
+      default-days: 7
+    allow:
+      - dependency-type: 'all'
+    versioning-strategy: 'auto'
+    labels: [ 'dependencies' ]
+    commit-message:
+      ## prefix maximum string length of 15
+      prefix: 'chore'
+      include: 'scope'
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 999
+  - package-ecosystem: 'github-actions'
+    directory: '/'
+    schedule:
+      interval: 'weekly'
+      day: 'saturday'
+    cooldown:
+      default-days: 7
+    labels: [ 'dependencies' ]
+    commit-message:
+      ## prefix maximum string length of 15
+      prefix: 'chore'
+      include: 'scope'
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 999