Run and debug Renovate locally

Last I gave a quick introduction to Renovate and how to run it in centralised configuration. Today we will go over how to run Renovate locally for debugging and extending configuration purpose, which is very handy.

npx --yes --package renovate -- renovate --dry-run=full --token="GITHUB_TOKEN" wcarlsen/repository0

This requires only a Github token and to change LOG_LEVEL, just set it as an environment variable to DEBUG.

Now go customise your config.js or renovate.json config files to get the best out of Renovate.