From 1a3a42f3b0163ab0589de850f60e72d9f6ee2ed9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sebthom <sebthom@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 21:47:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ci: add dependabot config

---
 .github/dependabot.yml | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/dependabot.yml

diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e61d0e97f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file
+version: 2
+updates:
+- package-ecosystem: github-actions
+  directory: /
+  schedule:
+    interval: daily
+  commit-message:
+    prefix: ci
+    prefix-development: ci
+    include: scope
+
+- package-ecosystem: gradle
+  directory: /
+  schedule:
+    interval: daily
+  commit-message:
+    prefix: fix
+    prefix-development: build
+    include: scope

From 99f6c630b82893d8e7d4b9228161f1610b0a6d6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sebthom <sebthom@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 23:21:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ci: update GHA workflow

---
 .github/workflows/validate.yml | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index 0bc167fc0..d3953c4ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,44 @@
-on: [ pull_request, push]
+# https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions
+name: Validate
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches-ignore:  # build all branches except:
+    - 'dependabot/**'  # prevent workflow being triggered twice (once for commit to the branch and once for opening/syncing the PR)
+    tags-ignore: # don't build tags
+    - '**'
+    paths-ignore:
+    - '**/*.md'
+    - '.editorconfig'
+    - '.git*'
+    - '.github/*.yml'
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+    - '**/*.md'
+    - '.editorconfig'
+    - '.git*'
+    - '.github/*.yml'
+  workflow_dispatch:  # https://github.blog/changelog/2020-07-06-github-actions-manual-triggers-with-workflow_dispatch/
 
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
+
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Git Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4  # https://github.com/actions/checkout
+
     - name: Set up JDK 11 ☕
       uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
         java-version: 11
         distribution: 'temurin'
+        cache: gradle
+
     - name: Build with Gradle 🏗️
       run: ./gradlew build