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What is a target-branch in Dependabot configuration?
By default, Dependabot opens its pull requests against the repository's default branch (commonly
main), but the target-branch option lets you redirect those PRs to a different
branch instead — useful for repositories following a workflow where a separate development/staging
branch, not the default branch directly, is where ongoing changes should land first.
updates: - package-ecosystem: "npm" directory: "/" target-branch: "develop" schedule: interval: "weekly"
This matters for teams using a Git branching strategy (like Git Flow) where main represents
only released, stable code, and all routine work — including dependency updates — should first land
on a develop branch before being promoted through a release process, rather than landing directly
on the branch considered production-ready.
What does target-branch control in Dependabot configuration?
When would you set target-branch to something other than the default branch?
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