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Go: Try exclude-paths for Dependabot #20624

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dependabot.yml: Remove second `gomod` configuration that didn't work
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dependabot.yml: Add `exclude-paths` option to `gomod` config
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allow:
- dependency-name: "golang.org/x/mod"
- dependency-name: "golang.org/x/tools"
exclude-paths:
- "go/ql/**"
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If I'm reading the documentation right, this path is relative to what we defined for "directory" above. So I'm not sure this will work.

Patterns are relative to the directory specified for the update configuration.

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Good catch, I didn't spot that in the docs. In that case, this will not work at all and we'll have to update the configurations in the repo settings.

groups:
extractor-dependencies:
patterns:
- "golang.org/x/*"
reviewers:
- "github/codeql-go"

- package-ecosystem: "gomod"
directory: "go/ql/test"
schedule:
interval: "monthly"
ignore:
- dependency-name: "*"
reviewers:
- "github/codeql-go"
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