@@ -575,16 +575,14 @@ Extend this if you wish to configure rules specifically for `optionalDependencie
## packageFiles
A manually provisioned list of package.json paths to use.
A manually provisioned list of package files to use.
| name | value |
| ------- | ---------------- |
| type | array of strings |
| default | `[]` |
If left default then package file autodiscovery will be used, so only change this setting if you wish to manually specify a limited set of `package.json` files to renovate, or if package file autodiscovery is not finding all your `package.json` files.
Note: `package.json` autodiscovery works for any GitHub repository that isn't itself a fork of another (otherwise GitHub does not index forks for searching). Otherwise `renovate` will default to looking for `package.json` in the root directory of the repository and you will need to manually provision your list of package files.
If left default then package file autodiscovery will be used, so only change this setting if you wish to manually specify a limited set of `package.json` or other package files to renovate.