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+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+# #############
+# main branch
+# #############
+# GitHub Actions
+- target-branch: main
+  package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+  directory: "/"
+  schedule:
+    interval: "weekly"
+  commit-message:
+    prefix: ":seedling:"
+  labels:
+  - "dependencies"
+# Main Go module
+- target-branch: main
+  package-ecosystem: "gomod"
+  directory: "/"
+  schedule:
+    interval: "weekly"
+    day: "monday"
+  ## group all dependencies with a k8s.io prefix into a single PR.
+  groups:
+    kubernetes:
+      patterns: [ "k8s.io/*" ]
+  commit-message:
+    prefix: ":seedling:"
+  labels:
+  - "dependencies"
+  open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+## Update dockerfile
+- target-branch: main
+  package-ecosystem: docker
+  directory: "/"
+  schedule:
+    interval: weekly
+  commit-message:
+    prefix: ":seedling:"
+  labels:
+  - "dependencies"
+# Tools Go module
+- target-branch: main
+  package-ecosystem: "gomod"
+  directory: "/hack/tools"
+  schedule:
+    interval: "weekly"
+    day: "tuesday"
+  labels:
+  - "dependencies"
+
+# ################
+# release branch N
+# ################
+# GitHub Actions
+- target-branch: release-1.10.0
+  package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+  directory: "/"
+  schedule:
+    interval: "weekly"
+  commit-message:
+    prefix: ":seedling:[release-1.10.0]"
+  labels:
+  - "dependencies"
+  ignore:
+  - dependency-name: "*"
+    update-types:
+    - "version-update:semver-major"
+    - "version-update:semver-minor"
+# Main Go module
+- target-branch: release-1.10.0
+  package-ecosystem: "gomod"
+  directory: "/"
+  schedule:
+    interval: "weekly"
+    day: "monday"
+  ## group all dependencies with a k8s.io prefix into a single PR.
+  groups:
+    kubernetes:
+      patterns: [ "k8s.io/*" ]
+  commit-message:
+    prefix: ":seedling:[release-1.10.0]"
+  labels:
+  - "dependencies"
+  open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+  ignore:
+  - dependency-name: "*"
+    update-types:
+    - "version-update:semver-major"
+    - "version-update:semver-minor"
+## Update dockerfile
+- target-branch: release-1.10.0
+  package-ecosystem: docker
+  directory: "/"
+  schedule:
+    interval: weekly
+  commit-message:
+    prefix: ":seedling:[release-1.10.0]"
+  labels:
+  - "dependencies"
+  ignore:
+  - dependency-name: "*"
+    update-types:
+    - "version-update:semver-major"
+    - "version-update:semver-minor"
+# Tools Go module
+- target-branch: release-1.10.0
+  package-ecosystem: "gomod"
+  directory: "/hack/tools"
+  schedule:
+    interval: "weekly"
+    day: "tuesday"
+  commit-message:
+    prefix: ":seedling:[release-1.10.0]"
+  labels:
+  - "dependencies"
+  ignore:
+  - dependency-name: "*"
+    update-types:
+    - "version-update:semver-major"
+    - "version-update:semver-minor"
+  labels:
+  - "dependencies"