AI / Dependabot Interview questions
Where is the dependabot.yml file located in a repository?
The configuration file must live at a specific, fixed path within the repository: .github/dependabot.yml
— the same .github directory GitHub uses for other repository-level configuration like
issue templates and GitHub Actions workflows.
my-repo/ ├── .github/ │ ├── dependabot.yml │ └── workflows/ ├── src/ └── package.json
Placing it anywhere else, or misnaming it (like dependabot.yaml with a different extension,
though GitHub does accept both .yml and .yaml), means GitHub simply won't recognize
it as valid Dependabot configuration, and version updates won't activate — a common early troubleshooting
step when Dependabot "isn't working" is confirming the file actually sits at this exact expected path.
Where must the dependabot.yml configuration file be located?
What is a common early troubleshooting step if Dependabot 'isn't working'?
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