fix(ci): run Renovate via official Docker image (#12)
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## Summary
First Renovate run failed with `reference not found` on `renovatebot/github-action@v40` — act_runner's go-git clone couldn't resolve the major-rolling tag (whether the upstream tag is missing or it's a go-git tag-fetch quirk doesn't really matter — the wrapper action is the wrong layer to fight).

Switch to invoking the official `renovate/renovate:40` Docker image directly. The job container already has the host Docker socket mounted (per `ci-runners.compose.yml`), so the sibling `docker run` works out of the box. Renovate clones the target repo itself via API + token, so no `actions/checkout` or bind-mount is needed.

Net result:
- Decoupled from third-party action-tag resolution.
- Renovate runtime version explicitly pinned (reproducible).
- One fewer indirection to debug.

## Test plan
- [ ] After merge, trigger the workflow manually (Actions → Renovate → Run workflow).
- [ ] Job pulls `renovate/renovate:40` (~1 GB, one-time on this runner host) and runs without "reference not found".
- [ ] Renovate creates the onboarding PR ("Configure Renovate") visible in the repo's PR list, signed by `apf-portal-bot`.

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Co-authored-by: Julien Gautier <julien.gautier@apf.asso.fr>
Reviewed-on: #12
This commit was merged in pull request #12.
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# repo root. This workflow only controls *when* Renovate runs and how
# it authenticates against Gitea.
#
# Implementation note — we run the official `renovate/renovate` Docker
# image directly via `docker run` rather than the `renovatebot/github-
# action` wrapper. The wrapper relies on act_runner being able to
# resolve arbitrary GitHub tags via go-git, which is brittle (we hit
# `reference not found` on `@v40`). Going straight to the image:
# * decouples from action-tag resolution issues;
# * pins the Renovate runtime version explicitly (reproducible);
# * one fewer layer of indirection to debug.
#
# Renovate clones the repo itself using RENOVATE_TOKEN — no
# `actions/checkout` step, no host bind-mount needed.
#
# Authentication: a Gitea Personal Access Token issued for the dedicated
# `apf-portal-bot` user, stored as the RENOVATE_TOKEN secret. The full
# bot-onboarding procedure lives in docs/development.md → "Dependency
@@ -26,12 +38,22 @@ jobs:
renovate:
runs-on: [self-hosted, on-prem]
steps:
- uses: renovatebot/github-action@v40
with:
token: ${{ secrets.RENOVATE_TOKEN }}
configurationFile: renovate.json
- name: Run Renovate
# Pin to the major; the bot will propose its own bumps once
# it is healthy (Renovate self-updates the workflow files it
# finds in the repo it manages).
run: |
docker run --rm \
--name "renovate-${{ github.run_id }}" \
-e RENOVATE_TOKEN \
-e RENOVATE_PLATFORM \
-e RENOVATE_ENDPOINT \
-e RENOVATE_AUTODISCOVER \
-e RENOVATE_REPOSITORIES \
-e LOG_LEVEL \
renovate/renovate:40
env:
# Tell Renovate this is Gitea, not GitHub.
RENOVATE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RENOVATE_TOKEN }}
RENOVATE_PLATFORM: gitea
# Gitea API endpoint — derived from the workflow's own server
# URL so a Gitea → GitLab migration only requires changing