Repository Automation

Repository Automation

Mimick uses a small, focused automation stack for repository hygiene and release safety.

Current Automation

• Dependabot for Cargo and GitHub Actions updates
• CODEOWNERS for default repository ownership
• Cargo vendor guard for cargo-sources.json
• Docs link checking for README, docs, and wiki pages
• Release Drafter for a rolling draft release page
• Dependabot auto-merge workflow for approved dependency PRs

Why It Exists

This repo ships a Flatpak build that depends on vendored Cargo metadata, maintains a manual changelog, and relies on workflow-driven releases. A few guardrails go a long way here.

Important Manual Settings

The important GitHub-side settings are now in place on main:

1. Allow auto-merge
2. required status checks: Format, Lint, and Test, Dependency Audit, and Verify cargo-sources.json
3. 1 required approving review
4. required code-owner review
5. stale approvals are dismissed on new commits
6. conversation resolution is required

Key Files

• .github/dependabot.yml
• .github/CODEOWNERS
• .github/workflows/cargo-sources-guard.yml
• .github/workflows/docs-links.yml
• .github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
• .github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml