build(deps): improve grouping of dependabot pull requests for npm ecosystem (#13337)

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ updates:
     open-pull-requests-limit: 50
     labels: ["dependency-upgrade", "area/backend"]
     ignore:
-      # Ignore versions of Protobuf that are equal to or greater than 4.0.0 as Orc still uses 3
+      # Ignore versions of Protobuf >= 4.0.0 because Orc still uses version 3
       - dependency-name: "com.google.protobuf:*"
         versions: ["[4,)"]
 
@@ -44,18 +44,54 @@ updates:
       build:
         applies-to: version-updates
         patterns: ["@esbuild/*", "@rollup/*", "@swc/*"]
+
       types:
         applies-to: version-updates
         patterns: ["@types/*"]
+
       storybook:
         applies-to: version-updates
         patterns: ["@storybook/*"]
+
       vitest:
         applies-to: version-updates
         patterns: ["vitest", "@vitest/*"]
-      patch:
+
+      major:
+        update-types: ["major"]
+        applies-to: version-updates
+        exclude-patterns: [
+            "@esbuild/*",
+            "@rollup/*",
+            "@swc/*",
+            "@types/*",
+            "@storybook/*",
+            "vitest",
+            "@vitest/*",
+            # Temporary exclusion of these packages from major updates
+            "eslint-plugin-storybook",
+            "eslint-plugin-vue",
+          ]
+
+      minor:
+        update-types: ["minor"]
+        applies-to: version-updates
+        exclude-patterns: [
+            "@esbuild/*",
+            "@rollup/*",
+            "@swc/*",
+            "@types/*",
+            "@storybook/*",
+            "vitest",
+            "@vitest/*",
+            # Temporary exclusion of these packages from minor updates
+            "moment-timezone",
+            "monaco-editor",
+          ]
+
+      patch:
+        update-types: ["patch"]
         applies-to: version-updates
-        patterns: ["*"]
         exclude-patterns:
           [
             "@esbuild/*",
@@ -66,46 +102,12 @@ updates:
             "vitest",
             "@vitest/*",
           ]
-        update-types: ["patch"]
-      minor:
-        applies-to: version-updates
-        patterns: ["*"]
-        exclude-patterns: [
-            "@esbuild/*",
-            "@rollup/*",
-            "@swc/*",
-            "@types/*",
-            "@storybook/*",
-            "vitest",
-            "@vitest/*",
-            # Temporary exclusion of packages below from minor updates
-            "moment-timezone",
-            "monaco-editor",
-          ]
-        update-types: ["minor"]
-      major:
-        applies-to: version-updates
-        patterns: ["*"]
-        exclude-patterns: [
-            "@esbuild/*",
-            "@rollup/*",
-            "@swc/*",
-            "@types/*",
-            "@storybook/*",
-            "vitest",
-            "@vitest/*",
-            # Temporary exclusion of packages below from major updates
-            "eslint-plugin-storybook",
-            "eslint-plugin-vue",
-          ]
-        update-types: ["major"]
-    ignore:
-      # Ignore updates to monaco-yaml, version is pinned to 5.3.1 due to patch-package script additions
-      - dependency-name: "monaco-yaml"
-        versions:
-          - ">=5.3.2"
 
-      # Ignore updates of version 1.x, as we're using the beta of 2.x (still in beta)
+    ignore:
+      # Ignore updates to monaco-yaml; version is pinned to 5.3.1 due to patch-package script additions
+      - dependency-name: "monaco-yaml"
+        versions: [">=5.3.2"]
+
+      # Ignore updates of version 1.x for vue-virtual-scroller, as the project uses the beta of 2.x
       - dependency-name: "vue-virtual-scroller"
-        versions:
-          - "1.x"
+        versions: ["1.x"]