Improvement

October 31, 20221 Minute Read

Dependabot now updates comments in GitHub Actions workflows referencing action versions

GitHub Actions workflows often specify the version of an action using the commit SHA. Since commit SHAs are immutable, this ensures that Actions always picks the same version. Commit SHAs, however, are not very human friendly, so best practice is to include the semver version in a comment next to the SHA. Dependabot will now update the semver version in comments when updating Actions workflows with a commit SHA version.

Dependabot is open source, and we're thankful to first-time contributor @jproberts for this great addition!

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Dependabot now updates comments in GitHub Actions workflows referencing action versions - GitHub Changelog