Reduce Dependabot PR noise for NPM package ecosystem #66
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To reduce the noise of too many PRs from NPM dependencies, where most of them are only scoped for (local) development, two optimizations have been made: 1. The schedule changed to the `monthly` interval [1]. This is still enough to keep up with the fast updates in the NPM ecosystem. 2. Only watch production packages (`dependencies`) and ignore development packages (`devDependencies`). The packages used for local or CI/CD development purposes are not required to be the latest version just for the sake of being up-to-date without a specific need or benefit. Since GitHub takes security really serious [2], important Dependabot security updates [3] are triggered manually by a security advisor so there is no risk of missing important versions bumps when reducing the schedule interval. "Use the `allow` option to customize which dependencies are updated. This has no impact on security updates for vulnerable dependencies." [1]: https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates#scheduleinterval [2]: https://github.com/security [3]: https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/managing-security-vulnerabilities/about-dependabot-security-updates GH-65
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Resolves #65