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Listing dependencies configured for version updates

You can view the dependencies that Dependabot monitors for updates.

Note: Dependabot security and version updates are currently in private beta and subject to change. Please contact your account management team for instructions on enabling Dependabot updates.

Note: Your site administrator must set up Dependabot updates for your GitHub Enterprise Server instance before you can use this feature. For more information, see "Enabling Dependabot for your enterprise."

Viewing dependencies monitored by Dependabot

After you've enabled version updates, you can confirm that your configuration is correct using the Dependabot tab in the dependency graph for the repository. For more information, see "Configuring Dependabot version updates."

  1. On your GitHub Enterprise Server instance, navigate to the main page of the repository.
  2. Under your repository name, click Insights. Insights tab in the main repository navigation bar
  3. In the left sidebar, click Dependency graph. Dependency graph tab in the left sidebar
  4. Under "Dependency graph", click Dependabot. Dependency graph, Dependabot tab
  5. Optionally, to view the files monitored for a package manager, click the associated . Monitored dependency files

If any dependencies are missing, check the log files for errors. If any package managers are missing, review the configuration file.

Viewing Dependabot log files

  1. On the Dependabot tab, click Last checked TIME ago to see the log file that Dependabot generated during the last check for version updates. View log file
  2. Optionally, to rerun the version check, click Check for updates. Check for updates