Use native Dependabot grouping

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Replace the repository's manual combined-PR workflow with GitHub's native Dependabot multi-ecosystem updates.

What changes

• Create one weekly Monday group for eligible Gradle and GitHub Actions version updates.
• Apply a seven-day cooldown to version updates; security updates continue to be handled separately.
• Cover root Gradle plugins, core, every current module, examples, smoke tests, workflows, and composite actions.
• Preserve compatibility exclusions at their existing directory scope, while consolidating directories that share the same policy.
• Remove the stale modules/dynalite entry and the manually triggered combine-prs workflow.
• Replace the manual combination instructions in the contributor documentation with guidance for reviewing the native grouped PR.

The configuration deliberately uses multiple non-overlapping Gradle entries in the same multi-ecosystem group. Dependabot applies ignore rules to an entire update entry, so a single /modules/* entry would incorrectly broaden module-specific compatibility exclusions.

Validation

• Parsed .github/dependabot.yml successfully as YAML.
• Verified all 62 current modules plus core, examples, and smoke tests are covered exactly once.
• Verified every effective existing compatibility exclusion remains scoped to the same directory.
• Verified all update entries define patterns and reference the dependencies multi-ecosystem group.
• Built the documentation with the repository-pinned MkDocs dependencies using --strict.
• Ran git diff --check.

After this lands on the default branch, the group can be confirmed under Insights → Dependency graph → Dependabot and on its first scheduled run.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores

  • Streamlined automated dependency updates across project modules, examples, tests, and GitHub Actions.
  • Dependency updates now follow a weekly grouped schedule with a seven-day cooldown.
  • Security updates continue to be handled separately from routine updates.
  • Removed the manually triggered workflow for combining pull requests.

• Documentation

  • Updated contribution guidance with a review checklist for grouped dependency updates.

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Walkthrough

Dependabot now uses a weekly multi-ecosystem group with seven-day cooldowns and consolidated Gradle configuration. GitHub Actions coverage is broader. The manual combine-prs workflow was removed. Contributor guidance now documents grouped dependency review.

Changes

Dependency automation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Unified dependency update policy .github/dependabot.yml, .github/workflows/combine-prs.yml	Dependabot consolidates Gradle update entries, adds weekly grouping and seven-day cooldowns, broadens GitHub Actions coverage, preserves applicable ignore rules, and removes the manual combine-prs workflow.
Grouped dependency review process docs/contributing.md	The documentation replaces manual pull request combination instructions with a review checklist for grouped Gradle and GitHub Actions updates.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 06651

This PR replaces the manual Dependabot combination workflow with native weekly grouped updates and updates the related documentation. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

Suggested reviewers: eddumelendez, pioorg

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Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: replacing manual Dependabot PR combination with native Dependabot grouping.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the motivation, configuration changes, compatibility handling, removed workflow, documentation updates, and validation performed. It provides sufficient context and follows th…

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No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0 files. (2 skipped: 2 unsupported.)

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The description explains the motivation, configuration changes, compatibility handling, removed workflow, documentation updates, and validation performed. It provides sufficient context and follows the repository template requirements.

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In @.github/dependabot.yml:
- Around line 101-107: Update the github-actions Dependabot configuration to
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preserving the dependencies multi-ecosystem-group assignment and current
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