From e230117b4c7f6381e809d4a98895250d9b187c64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ed Burns <edburns@microsoft.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:29:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] On branch edburns/dd-2969317-introduce-groups modified:  
 .github/dependabot.yml

- Introduce groups to reduce quantity of commits while preserving update fidelity.
---
 .github/dependabot.yml | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 21c7f5cf9..48a36ddb3 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -18,9 +18,16 @@ updates:
       # Dependabot's find-and-replace breaks lockfile metadata headers.
       - dependency-name: "actions/github-script"
       - dependency-name: "github/gh-aw-actions"
+    groups:
+      github-actions:
+        patterns:
+          - "*"
 
   - package-ecosystem: "maven"
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
-    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    groups:
+      maven-deps:
+        patterns:
+          - "*"