From 68716141a2b7438be426da17a94f21d4e286ab72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Federico Busetti <729029+febus982@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 22:05:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix invalid Renovate packageRules matcher

`matchPackagePatterns` and `excludePackageNames` are both deprecated.
Renovate's config migration rewrites them into a single
`matchPackageNames: ["*", "!python"]`, which is invalid: `*` means
"match everything" and cannot be combined with other patterns.

Use the negation-only form instead. With no positive patterns present,
every package matches unless a negative pattern rejects it, so this
preserves the original intent of grouping all minor/patch updates
except `python`.

Verified with `renovate-config-validator`: the previous config fails
with the reported error, the new one validates cleanly.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01BJb27fB7d7HbQqfXc7U66V
---
 renovate.json | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 7cbfae7..799d479 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@
     {
       "groupName": "all non-major dependencies",
       "groupSlug": "all-minor-patch",
-      "matchPackagePatterns": [
-        "*"
+      "matchPackageNames": [
+        "!python"
       ],
-      "excludePackageNames": ["python"],
       "matchUpdateTypes": [
         "minor",
         "patch"