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Dependabot unlocks transitive dependencies for npm projects

Your GitHub repositories with Dependabot alerts enabled and Dependabot security updates enabled will automatically generate Dependabot pull requests for vulnerable npm transitive dependencies.

Previously, Dependabot couldn't generate a security update for a transitive dependency when its parent dependency required incompatible specific version range. In this locked state, developers had to manually upgrade the parent and transitive dependencies.

Now, Dependabot will be able to create pull requests for npm projects that upgrade both the parent and child dependencies together.

For example, if a vulnerability for the transitive dependency node-forge triggers a Dependabot alert and allows a PR to be created:

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Prior to this change Dependabot would fail to create a Dependabot security update for transitive dependencies 😕. But not anymore! 😁 Now, Dependabot will unlock the node-forge security update by bumping the parent webpack-dev-server version in addition to patching the `node-forge dependency within the same Pull Request!

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This change will apply to pull requests generated by Dependabot that update vulnerable npm packages.

Custom repository role creation APIs are now available in public beta

Custom repository roles enable Enterprise organization administrators to define and assign least-privilege roles for their repositories, beyond the standard Read, Triage, Write, Maintain, and Admin roles.

Now, REST API endpoints to create and update custom repository roles are available in a public beta for GitHub Enterprise Cloud customers. These new endpoints build on the existing custom repository role APIs that allow assignment of those roles to a team or user. The endpoints accept PATs from organization admins, as well as calls from properly authorized OAuth and GitHub apps.

These REST APIs will be supported in GitHub Enterprise Server 3.8, after they reach general availability in GitHub Enterprise Cloud.

Find out more about programmatically creating custom repository roles.

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Link existing branches to an issue

In the Development section of an issue, you can now link existing branches (or pull requests) to that issue. Learn more about manually linking branches to an issue.

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