does renovate only detects hardcoded versions?

[Ashwitha01]

If I have a dependency say library:1.0 then if any upgraded version available then renovate will raise PR with updated version say library:1.1.
But if I keep it as library:default does renovate will raise PR with updated available version?? Always should we use hardcoded version??
I have gone through the document, I couldn't find it, can anyone help me with the answer?

[rarkins]

It's language/manager specific. Renovate detects versions and ranges/constraints

[Ashwitha01]

ok. for example, language I'm looking for java, then can I say library:default will not be detected right? It should be library 1.0 . Correct me if I'm wrong.

[rarkins]

Renovate's purpose is to update versions. If you have no version, it won't be updated. So yes using a version like 1.0 is what you need to do

[Ashwitha01]

thats great explanation @rarkins really appreciating your help.

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