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+version: 2
+updates:
+  # Ignore all updates to the `tests` directory (old webpack 4 tests)
+  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
+    directory: "/tests"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "*"
+
+  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
+    directory: "/tests_webpack"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+
+  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
+    directory: "/examples"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"