Dependabot vs fossabot
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Dependabot helps you keep your dependencies up to date. Every day, it checks your dependency files for outdated requirements and opens individual PRs for any it finds. You review, merge, and get to work on the latest, most secure releases. | Automatically review updates for breaking changes & code impact. Works alongside Dependabot, Renovate & Snyk for JavaScript / TypeScript. |
Simple, drip-feed getting started flow; Security advisories handled automatically; Great pull requests that stay up-to-date; Compatibility scores for each update; Powerful configuration options; Live, daily, weekly or monthly updates | •Analyzed 47 files using lodash utilities across components/, utils/, and services/, •Verified no deprecated methods or breaking changes affect your codebase, •Analyzed the two pages that use the XML viewer: Debug.tsx and Usage.tsx, •Searched the entire codebase for removed API usage patterns, •@aws-sdk/client-s3 3.726.0 → 3.859.0 |
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Followers 113 | Followers 1 |
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