introduce a dependabot file (#463)

Co-authored-by: Marc Becker <[email protected]>

Author: rjayasinghe

.github/dependabot.yml

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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: "maven"
+    directories: 
+    - "/"
+    - "/srv"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    groups:
+      all-maven-dependencies:
+        patterns: 
+        - "*"
+  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
+    directories: 
+    - "/"
+    - "/mtx/sidecar"
+    - "/db"
+    - "/app"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    groups:
+      all-npm-dependencies:
+        patterns: 
+        - "*"