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+module.exports = {
+  endpoint: 'https://git.dotya.ml/api/v1/',
+  platform: 'gitea',
+  username: 'renovate-bot',
+  name: 'renovate-bot',
+
+  // Gitea access token of Renovate Bot user
+  token: process.env.RENOVATE_TOKEN,
+
+  // gpg signing key for Renovate-Bot-authored commits
+  gitPrivateKey: process.env.GPG_KEY,
+
+  // process repos with renovate config (and befriended with Renovate Bot)
+  autodiscover: true,
+
+  requireConfig: "required",
+  onboarding: true,
+  onboardingConfig: {
+    extends: ['config:base', ':dependencyDashboard'],
+  },
+  onboardingBranch: 'renovate/configure',
+
+  prFooter: process.env.RENOVATE_PR_FOOTER,
+
+  binarySource: 'docker',
+  dockerImagePrefix: 'ghcr.io/renovatebot',
+  dockerUser: process.env.RENOVATE_DOCKER_USER,
+
+  gitAuthor: process.env.RENOVATE_GIT_AUTHOR,
+  git_author: process.env.RENOVATE_GIT_AUTHOR,
+
+  // explicitly enable following modules, since they are in beta currently
+  // (2022-05-27)
+  "pre-commit": {
+    enabled: true,
+  },
+  "git-submodules": {
+    enabled: true
+  },
+
+  logLevel: 'verbose',
+  optimizeForDisabled: true
+};