Debug Renovate Configuration

Test Renovate configuration changes locally with the renovate-dryrun command. This wrapper script runs Renovate in dry-run mode against the current repository and displays a formatted summary of proposed updates.

Usage

# Basic usage (token is optional; falls back to gh-token command)
renovate-dryrun > .z/renovate-dryrun.log

# Test specific branch (defaults to current branch)
renovate-dryrun --branch feature/update-deps > .z/renovate-dryrun.log

# Debug mode with raw Renovate output
renovate-dryrun --raw > .z/renovate-debug.log

The output displays proposed updates in this format:

[renovate/aws-5.x] chore(deps): update terraform aws to v5.68.0 (automerge: true)
  depName: aws
  version: 5.49.0 -> 5.68.0
  datasource: terraform-provider
  packageFile: terraform/tfaction/main.tf

Important Notes

• •You MUST validate renovate.json5 configuration file in the current directory. To validate:
  bash

  # Validate renovate.json5 in current directory
  npx --package renovate -c 'renovate-config-validator renovate.json5'
  

• •You SHOULD save output to .z/ since the command takes time and produces extensive output.
• •Token is optional. The script falls back to the gh-token command automatically. Do NOT require --token or $GH_TOKEN unless the user explicitly provides one.
• •Push is NOT required before running dry-run. The command reads the local renovate.json5 directly.