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Automatically Update the Hidden Dependencies in Your DevContainer

David
Docker , Dev container , Renovate , Dependency management

Renovate is able to update the DevContainer feature versions, but it is not able to update the hidden dependencies in the .devcontainer/devcontainer.json file, like for example the node and npm versions in this example:

David
Docker , Renovate , Dependency management

You have probably already heard about Renovate - the fantastic tool that helps you to keep your dependencies up to date. But today, we want to look at an edge case: how to keep your dependencies in your dependencies up to date (also called hidden dependencies)?

Dependency Management

Automatically Update the Hidden Dependencies in Your DevContainer

Automatically Update the Hidden Dependencies in Your Dockerfiles