renovatebot_renovate/docs/usage/key-concepts/presets.md

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Presets	Learn about Renovate configuration presets

This document describes Renovate configuration presets and why you should use them.

To learn how to create your own presets, how to host them, and how to extend from presets read the Shareable Config Presets page.

Why you should use presets

Use presets to:

• Set up the bot with good default settings
• Avoid duplicating your configuration
• Share your configuration with others
• Use somebody else's configuration as-is, or extend it with your own rules

How to use presets

Say you're using the config:recommended preset, and want to pin your GitHub Action digests. Instead of writing your own Renovate config, you search the docs, and find the helpers:pinGitHubActionDigests preset. Then you add the preset to the "extends" array in your Renovate configuration file:

{
  "extends": ["config:recommended", "helpers:pinGitHubActionDigests"]
}

In the example above, Renovate follows the rules from the config:recommended preset, plus the rules for helpers:pinGitHubActionDigests.

!!! tip If there is a logical conflict between presets, then the last preset in the "extends" array "wins".

Managing config for many repositories

If you manage the Renovate configuration for many repositories, we recommend that you:

1. Create a global preset configuration
2. Extend from the global preset in all of the repositories that should use your global preset as base

This way, when you want to change your global Renovate configuration, you only need to edit the global preset file.

Presets are modular

Preset configs are modular: a preset can be as small or large as you need. A preset can even extend from other presets.

Built-in presets

Renovate comes with many built-in presets. We recommend you browse Renovate's default presets. Again, to use the preset: add it to the "extends" array in your Renovate config file.

Contributing a new built-in preset

If you have a Renovate config that may help others, you can put it into Renovate's built-in presets. Read Contributing to presets to learn how.

Summary

In short:

• Browse Renovate's default presets, or our other presets, to find helpful presets
• Use presets by putting them in the "extends" array in your Renovate config file
• To manage the Renovate configuration for many repositories at once, create a global preset config file
• The order of presets matters: in a logical conflict, the last preset in the "extends" array "wins"