From 5b6d2c93aae7edc9c103378064cafea7e9e1e05f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Waygood <Alex.Waygood@Gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 12:19:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Disable Python version updates for `actions/setup-python`
 from Renovate (#13758)

---
 .github/{renovate.json => renovate.json5} | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
 rename .github/{renovate.json => renovate.json5} (72%)

diff --git a/.github/renovate.json b/.github/renovate.json5
similarity index 72%
rename from .github/renovate.json
rename to .github/renovate.json5
index afceb5b31..c48c0d253 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@
       "description": "Quarterly update of GitHub Action dependencies",
       "schedule": ["every 3 months on the first day of the month"]
     },
+    {
+      // This package rule disables updates for `actions/setup-python` Python versions:
+      // it's better to do these manually as there's often a reason why we can't use
+      // the latest Python version in CI for a specific job
+      groupName: "Python versions",
+      matchManagers: ["github-actions"],
+      matchPackageNames: ["python"],
+      description: "Disable PRs updating Python versions",
+      enabled: false,
+    },
     {
       "groupName": "most test/lint dependencies",
       "matchManagers": ["pip_requirements", "pre-commit"],