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+{
+  "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
+  "extends": ["config:recommended"],
+  "jenkins": {
+    "enabled": false
+  },
+  "regexManagers": [
+    {
+      "description": "Track HKUDS/nanobot upstream releases (Dockerfile cloned at CI time)",
+      "fileMatch": ["^\\.gitea/workflows/docker-build\\.yaml$"],
+      "matchStrings": [
+        "git clone.*https://github.com/HKUDS/nanobot\\.git.*external-nanobot"
+      ],
+      "depNameTemplate": "HKUDS/nanobot",
+      "datasourceTemplate": "github-tags"
+    }
+  ]
+}