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group: unassigned
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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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# Dependencies
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## Dependency updates
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We use the [Renovate GitLab Bot](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/frontend/renovate-gitlab-bot) to
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automatically create merge requests for updating (some) Node and Ruby dependencies in several projects.
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You can find the up-to-date list of projects managed by the renovate bot in the project's README.
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Some key dependencies updated using renovate are:
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- [`@gitlab/ui`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ui)
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- [`@gitlab/svgs`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-svgs)
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- [`@gitlab/eslint-plugin`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/frontend/eslint-plugin)
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- And any other package in the `@gitlab/` scope
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We have the goal of updating [_all_ dependencies with renovate](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/frontend/rfcs/-/issues/21).
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Updating dependencies automatically has several benefits, have a look at this [example MR](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/53613).
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- MRs are created automatically when new versions are released.
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- MRs can easily be rebased and updated by just checking a checkbox in the MR description.
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- MRs contain changelog summaries and links to compare the different package versions.
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- MRs can be assigned to people directly responsible for the dependencies.
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### Community contributions updating dependencies
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It is okay to reject Community Contributions that solely bump dependencies.
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Simple dependency updates are better done automatically for the reasons provided above.
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If a community contribution needs to be rebased, runs into conflicts, or goes stale, the effort required
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to instruct the contributor to correct it often outweighs the benefits.
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If a dependency update is accompanied with significant migration efforts, due to major version updates,
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a community contribution is acceptable.
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Here is a message you can use to explain to community contributors as to why we reject simple updates:
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```markdown
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Hello CONTRIBUTOR!
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Thank you very much for this contribution. It seems like you are doing a "simple" dependency update.
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If a dependency update is as simple as increasing the version number, we'd like a Bot to do this to save you and ourselves some time.
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This has certain benefits as outlined in our <a href="https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/fe_guide/dependencies.html#updating-dependencies">Frontend development guidelines</a>.
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You might find that we do not currently update DEPENDENCY automatically, but we are planning to do so in [the near future](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/frontend/rfcs/-/issues/21).
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Thank you for understanding, I will close this Merge Request.
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/close
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```
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