fix(dependabot): aim main's config at development - #293
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The default branch is moving to `main` for every app in the fleet, and Dependabot reads its config from the DEFAULT branch only. Without this, the flip would send every bump to `main` where branch-protection refuses it -- the 41-pull-request trap measured across ten other apps on 2026-08-30. Same content as the development-side change, carried onto main so the flip is safe in either order.
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The fleet's default branch is moving to
mainfor every app, and Dependabot reads its config from the DEFAULT branch only.main's copy here predates thetarget-branchaddition, so the moment the default flips, every bump would be opened againstmain— wherebranch-protectionrefuses it and it can never merge.That is not hypothetical. Measured 2026-08-30, on the ten apps that already defaulted to
main:This carries
development's canonical config ontomainso the flip is safe in either order, rather than depending on the switch and the config landing in the right sequence.Config only — no code changes.