dependabot-sync workflow (charmbracelet/log)

The dependabot-sync workflow from charmbracelet/log, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the dependabot-sync workflow from the charmbracelet/log repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.

Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.

The workflow

name: dependabot-sync
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 0 * * 0" # every Sunday at midnight
  workflow_dispatch: # allows manual triggering

permissions:
  contents: write
  pull-requests: write

jobs:
  dependabot-sync:
    uses: charmbracelet/meta/.github/workflows/dependabot-sync.yml@main
    with:
      repo_name: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
    secrets:
      gh_token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}

The same workflow, on Latchkey

Removes redundant runs and caps runaway jobs. Added and changed lines are highlighted.

name: dependabot-sync
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 0 * * 0" # every Sunday at midnight
  workflow_dispatch: # allows manual triggering
 
permissions:
  contents: write
  pull-requests: write
 
jobs:
  dependabot-sync:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    uses: charmbracelet/meta/.github/workflows/dependabot-sync.yml@main
    with:
      repo_name: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
    secrets:
      gh_token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
 

What changed

• Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.

1 third-party action is referenced by a movable tag. Pin it to the commit SHA (Latchkey resolves and applies this automatically) so a repointed tag cannot change what runs.

This workflow runs 1 job per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.