Can't ignore php update

[pimjansen]

Hey,

Im starting to integrate Renovate which goes fine. I get 2 PRs one for my PHP deps and one for my NPM deps. However a standalone PR is generate for the PHP update itself which i would love to ignore in general.

In general i also have no idea where he is getting it from since it is not a packagist data reference if im correct?

Any ideas?
Thanks!

Current output

php | require | patch | ^8.1 -> ^8.1.12

Config

{
  "platform": "azure",
  "endpoint": "https://org.visualstudio.com/",
  "repositories": [
    "Infrastructure/sla"
  ],
  "extends": [
    ":dependencyDashboard",
    ":ignoreModulesAndTests",
    ":rebaseStalePrs",
    ":semanticCommitsDisabled",
    ":separateMajorReleases",
    ":combinePatchMinorReleases",
    ":enableVulnerabilityAlerts",
    ":label(Renovate)",
    ":gitSignOff"
  ],
  "vulnerabilityAlerts": {
    "extends": [
      ":labels(Security CVE)"
    ],
    "rangeStrategy": "bump"
  },
  "labels": ["dependencies"],
  "lockFileMaintenance": {
    "enabled": true
  },
  "rollbackPrs": true,
  "ignoreUnstable": true,
  "recreateClosed": true,
  "rangeStrategy": "bump",
  "rebaseWhen": "auto",
  "packageRules": [{
    "matchDatasources": ["packagist"],
    "groupName": "PHP packages",
    "groupSlug": "PHP"
  }, {
    "matchDatasources": ["npm"],
    "groupName": "NPM packages",
    "groupSlug": "NPM",
    "stabilityDays": 3
  }],
  "major": {
    "enabled": false
  }
}

[pimjansen]

This also will not do the trick btw:

  "packageRules": [{
    "matchManagers": ["composer"],
    "excludePackageNames": ["php"]
  },{
    "matchDatasources": ["packagist"],
    "groupName": "PHP packages",
    "groupSlug": "PHP"
  }, {
    "matchDatasources": ["npm"],
    "groupName": "NPM packages",
    "groupSlug": "NPM",
    "stabilityDays": 3
  }],

[PhilipAbed]

  "packageRules": [
    {
      "matchPackagePatterns": ["^php"],
      "excludePackageNames": ["php"]
    }
  ]

and put it as the last PackageRule, order of package rules matter
if that didn't work i would like to see the PR or a reproduction repo

[rarkins]

This rule achieves nothing, no matter where you put it. match* and excluse* rules are just used for matching, and do nothing unless there's also an action to do. Therefore you need this, and it can go anywhere in the packageRules:

    {
      "matchManagers": ["composer"],
      "matchPackageNames": ["php"],
      "enabled": false
    }

[pimjansen]

@rarkins thanks! I was indeed looking into @PhilipAbed way since that feels a bit more natural to start with but understand your answer as well. Selecting and ignoring at the same time also does not feel right.

[PhilipAbed]

https://docs.renovatebot.com/configuration-options/#excludepackagenames

i actually thought the excludePackageNames is an action.

it says: Use excludePackageNames if you want to have one or more exact name matches excluded in your package rule though, but doesn't give an example on how to disable the package updates,
if it had enabled:false it would've been more understandable

[PhilipAbed]

@pimjansen my rule won't work
it's actually excluding the match, not disabling the package.

you should match php pattern or name, then enable=false as rarkins suggested,
do not use the Exclude, as it's part of the match exclusions and not an action