# Tips and tricks for using Renovate

DevFeed: [Tips and tricks for using Renovate](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/tips-and-tricks-for-using-renovate-38559.md>)

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Author: Harsh Shandilya

Published: 2023-01-17T19:32:18Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Posts on Harsh Shandilya](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/posts-on-harsh-shandilya.md>)

Topics: [renovate](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/renovate.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [Dependabot](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dependabot.md>), [ci](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ci.md>), [GitHub Actions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-actions.md>), [Regular expression](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/regular-expression.md>), [Hugo](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hugo.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [Netlify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/netlify.md>)

Tags: [config](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/config.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [dependabot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dependabot.md>), [dependencies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dependencies.md>), [dependency-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dependency-management.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [github-actions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-actions.md>), [hugo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hugo.md>), [netlify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netlify.md>), [regex](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/regex.md>), [renovate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/renovate.md>), [tips](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tips.md>)

## AI overview

A practical guide to using Renovate for dependency management. It covers disabling updates for selected packages, grouping related updates, setting semver bounds, detecting dependencies in non-standard declarations with regular expressions, securing GitHub Actions with exact commit SHAs, and automatically merging compatible updates.

## Source excerpt

Renovate is an extremely powerful tool for keeping your dependencies up-to-date, and its flexibility is often left unexplored. I'm hoping to change that