Setup: create renovate-bot account and configure Renovate runner

## Setup Checklist Before Renovate can start auto-updating dependencies, complete these manual steps: ### 1. Create renovate-bot account - [ ] Go to https://git.crashmedia.ca/user/sign_up - [ ] Create account with username: `renovate-bot` - [ ] Verify the account ### 2. Generate a Personal Access Token - [ ] Log in as `renovate-bot` - [ ] Go to Settings → Applications → Manage Access Tokens - [ ] Create a token with scopes: `repo` (Read+Write), `issue` (Read+Write), `organization` (Read) - [ ] Save the token value securely ### 3. Configure and start Renovate - [ ] On the machine that will run Renovate, clone the PR branch or main after merge - [ ] Copy `renovate/.env.example` to `.env` in the `opencode-docker` repo root - [ ] Set `RENOVATE_TOKEN` to the PAT from step 2 - [ ] (Optional) Set `RENOVATE_GITHUB_COM_TOKEN` for rich changelog descriptions in PRs - [ ] Run: `docker compose -f docker-compose.renovate.yml up -d` ### 4. Verify - [ ] Check Renovate logs: `docker compose -f docker-compose.renovate.yml logs -f` - [ ] Renovate will create an on-boarding PR in each repo with its proposed config - [ ] Approve and merge the on-boarding PRs - [ ] After that, Renovate will run on its Monday schedule and auto-create dependency PRs --- ### References - PR #2: feat(renovate): add Renovate config to opencode-docker - PR #4: chore(renovate): add Renovate config to opencode - Renovate docs: https://docs.renovatebot.com/self-hosted/

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Setup Checklist

Before Renovate can start auto-updating dependencies, complete these manual steps:

1. Create renovate-bot account

Go to https://git.crashmedia.ca/user/sign_up
Create account with username: renovate-bot
Verify the account

2. Generate a Personal Access Token

Log in as renovate-bot
Go to Settings → Applications → Manage Access Tokens
Create a token with scopes: repo (Read+Write), issue (Read+Write), organization (Read)
Save the token value securely

3. Configure and start Renovate

On the machine that will run Renovate, clone the PR branch or main after merge
Copy renovate/.env.example to .env in the opencode-docker repo root
Set RENOVATE_TOKEN to the PAT from step 2
(Optional) Set RENOVATE_GITHUB_COM_TOKEN for rich changelog descriptions in PRs
Run: docker compose -f docker-compose.renovate.yml up -d

4. Verify

Check Renovate logs: docker compose -f docker-compose.renovate.yml logs -f
Renovate will create an on-boarding PR in each repo with its proposed config
Approve and merge the on-boarding PRs
After that, Renovate will run on its Monday schedule and auto-create dependency PRs

References

PR #2: feat(renovate): add Renovate config to opencode-docker
PR #4: chore(renovate): add Renovate config to opencode
Renovate docs: https://docs.renovatebot.com/self-hosted/

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