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+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file
+
+# This Dependabot configuration file is set up to manage dependency updates for both Python packages (pip) and GitHub Actions workflows.
+# 
+# Key points:
+# - Dependencies are categorized into production and development groups.
+# - The "setuptools" package is treated as an exception: it is excluded from the production group but is still allowed to be updated as a production dependency.
+# - The configuration includes specific labels, assignees, and commit message formats to streamline the update process.
+# - Updates are scheduled to run weekly on Tuesdays.
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip" # See documentation for possible values
+    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
+    milestone: 2
+    target-branch: "master"
+    versioning-strategy: increase-if-necessary
+    # Labels on pull requests for version updates only
+    labels:
+      - "Configs"
+      - "Version Update"
+      - "Python Lang"
+      - "Python Repo"
+    groups:
+      production-dependencies:
+        dependency-type: "production"
+        exclude-patterns:
+          - "setuptools*"
+      development-dependencies:
+        dependency-type: "development"
+    allow: 
+      - dependency-name: "setuptools"
+        dependency-type: "production"
+      - dependency-name: "pip"
+        dependency-type: "direct"
+      - dependency-name: "wheel"
+        dependency-type: "production"
+      - dependency-name: "build"
+        dependency-type: "production"
+      - dependency-name: "argparse"
+        dependency-type: "direct"
+      - dependency-name: "six"
+        dependency-type: "direct"
+      - dependency-name: "tox"
+        dependency-type: "development"
+      - dependency-name: "virtualenv"
+        dependency-type: "development"
+    assignees:
+      - "reactive-firewall"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "[HOTFIX] "
+      include: "scope"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "tuesday"
+   - package-ecosystem: "github-actions" # See documentation for possible values
+     directory: ".github/workflows/" # Location of package manifests
+     milestone: 2
+     target-branch: "master"
+     # Labels on pull requests for version updates only
+     labels:
+       - "Configs"
+       - "Version Update"
+       - "GitHub"
+       - "Testing"
+       - "Python Repo"
+     assignees:
+       - "reactive-firewall"
+     commit-message:
+       prefix: "[UPDATE] "
+       include: "scope"
+     schedule:
+       interval: "weekly"
+       day: "tuesday"