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Use renovate to automate our `browserslist` data

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#26,294 opened on Oct 19, 2021

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Description

Browserslist recommend that you update caniuse-lite at regularly through the following command:

npx browserslist@latest --update-db

We should be able to automate this through Renovate so we don't forget.

Further context: https://github.com/browserslist/browserslist#browsers-data-updating Our renovate config: https://github.com/sourcegraph/renovate-config Slack thread: https://sourcegraph.slack.com/archives/C01LTKUHRL3/p1634557982207800

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Research direction
Add a Renovate configuration rule to run the browserslist update command periodically, following the existing renovate config pattern.
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
devops
Issue type
Chore
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
1
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
Under 1 hour
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Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
RenovateBrowserslist
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
85