Updated the documentation on Github Actions to ensure pinned dependencies are kept updated. #874
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Dependabot has the capability to keep Github Actions updated, even when pinned to a specific commitsha rather than tag.
There are many formats that are allowed, but I've only provided a single example in the docs: https://github.com/dependabot/dependabot-core/blob/b4112ce4639d7eed1e3b2e0792eb7533f7cb125f/github_actions/spec/fixtures/workflow_files/pinned_sources_version_comments.yml#L7-L30
There doesn't appear to be good end-user facing documentation produced for dependabot on this feature, just the discussions on two PRs:
For actions that are pinned-by-hash, bump the human readable version number in the code comment dependabot/dependabot-core#4691 (to auto-update the comment if the commitsha is updated)
Thanks to @huwd for the headsup on this one.