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Dependabot: clarify info about dependency inaccessibility (#17032)

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* Clarify info about dependency inaccessibility

See issue raised by Maya K
https://github.com/github/docs-internal/issues/16786

* Update data/reusables/dependabot/private-dependencies-note.md

Co-authored-by: Maya Kaczorowski <15946341+mayakacz@users.noreply.github.com>

Co-authored-by: Maya Kaczorowski <15946341+mayakacz@users.noreply.github.com>
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#### {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot %} can't resolve your dependency files
**Version updates only.** If {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot %} attempts to check whether dependency references need to be updated in a repository, but can't access one or more of the referenced files, you will see the error message "{% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot %} can't resolve your LANGUAGE dependency files".
If {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot %} attempts to check whether dependency references need to be updated in a repository, but can't access one or more of the referenced files, the operation will fail with the error message "{% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot %} can't resolve your LANGUAGE dependency files." The API error type is `git_dependencies_not_reachable`.
{% data reusables.dependabot.private-dependencies-note %} Additionally, {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot %} doesn't support private {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} dependencies for all package managers. For more information, see "[About Dependabot version updates](/github/administering-a-repository/about-dependabot-version-updates#supported-repositories-and-ecosystems)."
To allow {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot %} to update the dependency references successfully, make sure that all of the referenced dependencies are hosted at accessible locations.
**Version updates only.** {% data reusables.dependabot.private-dependencies-note %} Additionally, {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot %} doesn't support private {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} dependencies for all package managers. For more information, see "[About Dependabot version updates](/github/administering-a-repository/about-dependabot-version-updates#supported-repositories-and-ecosystems)."
### Triggering a {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot %} pull request manually