# Does it make sense to define compat bounds in the test/Project.toml?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-it-make-sense-to-define-compat-bounds-in-the-test-project-toml/138466>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** testing\
**Created:** [July 25, 2026, 1:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-it-make-sense-to-define-compat-bounds-in-the-test-project-toml/138466 "2026-07-25T13:21:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![JeffFessler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jefffessler/32/6650_2.png) [@JeffFessler](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JeffFessler)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 2:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-it-make-sense-to-define-compat-bounds-in-the-test-project-toml/138466/11 "2026-07-30T02:47:18Z")

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i asked the same question here and am awaiting a reply:

> [@PSA: GitHub Dependabot now supports Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-github-dependabot-now-supports-julia/134997/15):
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> How to configure it if I want dependabot to only manage the root Project.toml and ignore the docs/Project.toml and test/Project.toml? I am getting tons of little PRs for docs/ and test/ and I don’t want to bother with compat for those subdirectories: [https://github.com/JuliaArrays/LazyGrids.jl/pulls](https://github.com/JuliaArrays/LazyGrids.jl/pulls) I asked copilot for help and it strongly suggested using exclude-paths which I tried but gave an dependabot error. And I tried to find documentation on the allowable syntax but all I could find w…

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