From 39f8287acdd8ce25475a64b58bd1564d21462b95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Lee <danielylee@google.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:12:54 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] chore: configure dependabot to use fix commit type when
 updating depedencies

Today, release-please doesn't trigger a release for commits with chore: commit type.

We'd like to cut a release when updating dependencies that impacts the packaged artifact, so we'll instruct dependabot to use fix commit type instead of chore(deps) it uses today.
---
 .github/renovate.json | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/renovate.json b/.github/renovate.json
index 32ac90d6..f7ad311a 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json
+++ b/.github/renovate.json
@@ -1,15 +1,29 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
-  "extends": ["group:allNonMajor", "schedule:monthly"],
+  "extends": [
+    "group:allNonMajor",
+    "schedule:monthly"
+  ],
+  "semanticCommits": "enabled",
   "packageRules": [
     {
       "description": "Create a PR whenever there is a new major version",
-      "matchUpdateTypes": [
-        "major"
-      ]
+      "matchUpdateTypes": ["major"]
+    },
+    {
+      "description": "Use releasable commit type for runtime dependency updates",
+      "matchManagers": ["pep621", "pip_setup"],
+      "matchDepTypes": ["dependencies"],
+      "semanticCommitType": "fix",
+      "semanticCommitScope": "deps"
+    },
+    {
+      "description": "Keep development-only dependency updates non-releasable",
+      "matchManagers": ["pep621"],
+      "matchDepTypes": ["dependency-groups"],
+      "semanticCommitType": "chore",
+      "semanticCommitScope": "deps"
     }
   ],
-  "ignorePaths": [
-    "examples/**"
-  ]
+  "ignorePaths": ["examples/**"]
 }