Create dependabot.yml

Author: Deepthi-Chand

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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
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+      time: "09:00"
+      timezone: "Asia/Kolkata"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+    reviewers:
+      - "Deepthi-Chand"
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+      - "python"
+      - "security"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore(deps)"
+      include: "scope"
+    # Group updates to reduce PR noise
+    groups:
+      # Group all patch and minor updates for dev dependencies
+      dev-dependencies:
+        dependency-type: "development"
+        update-types:
+          - "minor"
+          - "patch"
+      # Group patch updates for production dependencies
+      production-dependencies:
+        dependency-type: "production"
+        update-types:
+          - "patch"
+    # Allow both direct and indirect dependencies
+    allow:
+      - dependency-type: "direct"
+      - dependency-type: "indirect"
+
+  # Docker base images
+  - package-ecosystem: "docker"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+      time: "09:00"
+      timezone: "Asia/Kolkata"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    reviewers:
+      - "Deepthi-Chand"
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+      - "docker"
+      - "infrastructure"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore(docker)"
+      include: "scope"
+
+  # GitHub Actions workflows
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+      time: "09:00"
+      timezone: "Asia/Kolkata"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    reviewers:
+      - "Deepthi-Chand"
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+      - "github-actions"
+      - "ci/cd"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore(ci)"
+      include: "scope"
+    # Group all GitHub Actions updates together
+    groups:
+      github-actions:
+        patterns:
+          - "*"
+