From e2e52fe5b653b9298f2959ab82d6b9932f783b1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Agius <17563226+alan-agius4@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 07:07:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ng-dev): correctly set `next` branch name in renovate
 config

Related issue: https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/b67351aa48cccadfc36b2cb127da5b986dcdfa81
---
 .../publish/actions/shared/branch-off-next-branch.ts        | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ng-dev/release/publish/actions/shared/branch-off-next-branch.ts b/ng-dev/release/publish/actions/shared/branch-off-next-branch.ts
index 7c504da8b..a21bcd31d 100644
--- a/ng-dev/release/publish/actions/shared/branch-off-next-branch.ts
+++ b/ng-dev/release/publish/actions/shared/branch-off-next-branch.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,11 @@ export abstract class BranchOffNextBranchBaseAction extends CutNpmNextPrerelease
       ...this.getAspectLockFiles(),
     ];
 
-    const renovateConfigPath = await updateRenovateConfig(this.projectDir, nextBranch);
+    const renovateConfigPath = await updateRenovateConfig(
+      this.projectDir,
+      `${version.major}.${version.minor}.x`,
+    );
+
     if (renovateConfigPath) {
       filesToCommit.push(renovateConfigPath);
     }