macOS
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Installation
brew install dependabotlocal Homebrew formula metadata
Überblick
Tool for testing and debugging Dependabot update jobs
Verlauf
Dependabot CLI is the command-line companion for running Dependabot update jobs outside the hosted GitHub workflow. It is aimed less at end users casually enabling dependency updates and more at maintainers, security engineers, and package ecosystem developers who need to reproduce, debug, or smoke-test the exact update jobs that Dependabot runs.
The CLI repository was created under the official Dependabot GitHub organization in 2022. Its README describes a Go command that runs Dependabot jobs, pulls the updater and proxy container images, and records the pull-request operations that a hosted Dependabot run would normally perform.
The tool is closely tied to Dependabot's broader configuration model: the same package ecosystem names, repository paths, registry credentials, and update-job concepts show up in both CLI job files and GitHub's official dependabot.yml documentation.
Adoption is mainly among people who already operate Dependabot at scale. The README points users to Go installation, GitHub releases, and Homebrew, which made the tool easy to reach from developer laptops and CI debugging sessions without building Dependabot internals by hand.
Typical usage is to run `dependabot update` for a package ecosystem and repository, or to pass a YAML job description for security-update and private-registry cases. The CLI can pass tokens from environment variables into the proxy so that the updater can access GitHub APIs and package registries without directly receiving secrets.
For package nerds, Dependabot CLI is interesting because it exposes the machinery behind automated dependency PRs: ecosystem identifiers, manifest directory selection, registry credentials, update strategies, and the split between updater containers and a credential-injecting proxy.
Sicherheitslage
Für dependabot wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
local files
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
.github/dependabot.ymlExecutables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
dependabot | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
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https://github.com/dependabot/cli
Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:dependabot |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.91.0 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dependabot |
| Homepage | https://github.com/dependabot/cli |
| Repository | https://github.com/dependabot/cli |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://github.com/dependabot/cli#readme |
| Lizenz | MIT |
| Quellarchiv | https://github.com/dependabot/cli/archive/refs/tags/v1.91.0.tar.gz |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-06-29T20:51:51Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Build-Abhängigkeiten | go |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | dependabot |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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