chore: keep 0.x releases on patch bumps and list dependency updates separately

.github/renovate.json5

@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
   extends: ["config:best-practices"],
   rangeStrategy: "pin",
   dependencyDashboard: true,
+  // Dependency updates are committed as `build(deps): …`, which release-please lists under "Dependencies" instead of
+  // "Bug Fixes". config:best-practices types every update `chore` and the runtime dependencies `fix` through package
+  // rules, which a top-level semanticCommitType cannot override: the rules at the end of packageRules replace `fix`
+  // with `build`, and the other updates stay `chore`, outside the changelog and without a release of their own.
+  semanticCommits: "enabled",
+  semanticCommitScope: "deps",
   // Version policy, as in Muster's repository: routine updates arrive once a week, grouped per ecosystem, and merge
   // themselves when every required check passes. Major updates wait in the Dependency Dashboard until a maintainer
   // ticks them. Security fixes are not held by the schedule.
@@ -67,6 +73,15 @@
       matchPackageNames: ["datamodel-code-generator"],
       prBodyNotes: "Regenerate src/muster_bridge/models.py with `make generate` and commit it.",
     },
+    {
+      matchManagers: ["pep621"],
+      matchDepTypes: ["project.dependencies", "project.optional-dependencies"],
+      semanticCommitType: "build",
+    },
+    {
+      matchJsonata: ["isLockfileUpdate = true"],
+      semanticCommitType: "chore",
+    },
   ],
   lockFileMaintenance: {
     enabled: true,

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ analyse the code and the repository's practices.
 - Branch from `master`; a story's branch is `s-NNN-<slug>`, with the slug of its story file name.
 - Commit messages are [conventional commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) on one line:
   `<type>(<scope>): <description>`, with `feat`, `fix`, `docs`, `build`, `ci`, `test`, `refactor`, `perf` or `chore`.
-  Say what changed; leave out story and phase IDs.
+  Say what changed; leave out story and phase IDs. `build` means a dependency change, the type Renovate uses: it shows
+  under "Dependencies" in the changelog and starts a release. Work on the build system or the tooling uses `chore` or
+  `ci`.
 - No AI attribution: no `Co-Authored-By` trailers for tools and no "Generated with" lines, in commits or pull requests.
 - Pull requests are squash-merged, so the title becomes the commit message, and release-please writes the changelog
   from it.

release-please-config.json

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
       "include-v-in-tag": true,
       "include-component-in-tag": false,
       "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+      "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
       "initial-version": "0.1.0",
       "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
       "extra-files": [
@@ -15,6 +16,58 @@
           "path": "uv.lock",
           "jsonpath": "$.package[?(@.name.value=='muster-bridge')].version"
         }
+      ],
+      "changelog-sections": [
+        {
+          "type": "feat",
+          "section": "Features"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "fix",
+          "section": "Bug Fixes"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "perf",
+          "section": "Performance Improvements"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "revert",
+          "section": "Reverts"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "build",
+          "section": "Dependencies"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "docs",
+          "section": "Documentation",
+          "hidden": true
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "chore",
+          "section": "Miscellaneous Chores",
+          "hidden": true
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "ci",
+          "section": "Continuous Integration",
+          "hidden": true
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "test",
+          "section": "Tests",
+          "hidden": true
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "refactor",
+          "section": "Code Refactoring",
+          "hidden": true
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "style",
+          "section": "Styles",
+          "hidden": true
+        }
       ]
     }
   }