Migrate Talawa Project Dependency Management from Dependabot to Renovate

[varshith257]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
The Talawa project currently uses Dependabot for automated dependency updates, which is functional but limited in its capabilities. As the project evolves and scales, we need more control, flexibility and advanced features to manage dependencies more efficiently.

Describe the solution you'd like
Switching to Renovate Bot will provide the Talawa project with:

• Renovate offers more advanced customization options compared to Dependabot. This includes controlling when updates happen, how they are grouped (e.g., by major, minor, and patch versions), and even setting rules for automatic merging.
• Renovate excels in managing TypeScript projects, offering smoother dependency updates and better configuration for handling library upgrades across complex project structures.
• Renovate can prioritize security patches and automatically merge them, reducing the need for constant manual review.
• Renovate will be able to handle that complexity much better than Dependabot for monorepos.

Additional context
Renovate has been adopted by many projects for its flexibility, control and automation capabilities, which are superior to Dependabot. Other open-source projects, especially in the JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystem, have successfully migrated from Dependabot to Renovate, reporting smoother workflows and fewer disruptions.

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[varshith257]

The rationale for adding renovate as a dependency bot as I have seen many PRs from dependabot for every minor version of packages and a cluttered flow of PRs everyday to all projects of Talawa.

Renovate has better out-of-the-box support for TypeScript, handling dependencies for complex project structures and monorepos more efficiently than Dependabot. This is particularly useful as Talawa evolves and potentially becomes more complex.

[varshith257]

More info - https://docs.renovatebot.com/
cc: @palisadoes

[palisadoes]

Please discuss this on the API channel with the others. We need to see more input before proceeding, if at all.

[xoldd]

Renovate would be great.

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