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diff --git a/changelog.d/14916.misc b/changelog.d/14916.misc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..59914d4b8a --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/14916.misc @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Document how to handle Dependabot pull requests. diff --git a/docs/development/dependencies.md b/docs/development/dependencies.md index b734cc5826..c4449c51f7 100644 --- a/docs/development/dependencies.md +++ b/docs/development/dependencies.md @@ -258,6 +258,20 @@ because [`build`](https://github.com/pypa/build) is a standardish tool which doesn't require poetry. (It's what we use in CI too). However, you could try `poetry build` too. +## ...handle a Dependabot pull request? + +Synapse uses Dependabot to keep the `poetry.lock` file up-to-date. When it +creates a pull request a GitHub Action will run to automatically create a changelog +file. Ensure that: + +* the lockfile changes look reasonable; +* the upstream changelog file (linked in the description) doesn't include any + breaking changes; +* continuous integration passes (due to permissions, the GitHub Actions run on + the changelog commit will fail, look at the initial commit of the pull request); + +In particular, any updates to the type hints (usually packages which start with `types-`) +should be safe to merge if linting passes. # Troubleshooting |