Use renovate to monitor dependencies on release branch

Author: pdabelf5

.github/workflows/cherry-pick.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     name: Cherry pick into release branch
-    if: ${{ (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'dependencies') || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'needs cherry pick')) && github.event.pull_request.merged == true }}
+    if: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'needs cherry pick') && github.event.pull_request.merged == true }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0

renovate.json

@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@
   "timezone": "Europe/Dublin",
   "automerge": true,
   "automergeStrategy": "squash",
+  "baseBranchPatterns": [
+    "main",
+    "release-5.2"
+  ],
   "commitBodyTable": true,
   "configMigration": true,
   "customDatasources": {