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What are the main features of Dependabot?
Dependabot bundles several related capabilities under one feature, all built around keeping a project's dependency tree current and secure.
| Feature | Purpose |
| Version updates | Regularly proposes updates to the latest available dependency version. |
| Security updates | Automatically proposes fixes specifically for known vulnerabilities. |
| Dependency graph | Maps out every dependency (direct and transitive) a repository uses. |
| Dependabot alerts | Notifies maintainers when a used dependency has a known vulnerability. |
These features work together: the dependency graph provides the underlying data both alerts and updates are based on, alerts surface the problem, and version/security updates are the automated remediation, closing the loop from detection to fix without requiring a developer to manually research and apply the update themselves.
What underlying data do Dependabot alerts and updates both rely on?
What is the difference in purpose between version updates and security updates?
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