# Dependabot and compat entries for tests (and docs)

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dependabot-and-compat-entries-for-tests-and-docs/138548>\
**Category:** Tooling\
**Tags:** question, pkg, compatibility\
**Created:** [July 31, 2026, 8:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dependabot-and-compat-entries-for-tests-and-docs/138548 "2026-07-31T08:05:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![JoshuaLampert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/joshualampert/32/205964_2.png) [@JoshuaLampert](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JoshuaLampert)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 8:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/dependabot-and-compat-entries-for-tests-and-docs/138548/2 "2026-07-31T08:39:55Z")

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You have told dependabot that you have julia projects in the root directory, in docs/ and in test/ using the `directories` keyword (see [here](https://github.com/tpapp/LogDensityProblemsAD.jl/blob/876cd8047f12f652ab680ddae313bd984b422579/.github/dependabot.yml#L11-L13)). If you don’t want compat updates for docs/ and test/ (and don’t use workspaces) you should be able to just remove those from `directories`. Most of this is explained in [PSA: GitHub Dependabot now supports Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-github-dependabot-now-supports-julia/134997).

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