diff --git a/docs/usage/install-github-app.md b/docs/usage/install-github-app.md index ba7babd9086875f60301f89490ed4db31fb8ba78..a3c3224673be222bd747a98f8a6b7b1a41f4df65 100644 --- a/docs/usage/install-github-app.md +++ b/docs/usage/install-github-app.md @@ -1,21 +1,22 @@ --- -title: GitHub App Installation +title: GitHub App installation description: How to install the Renovate GitHub App --- -# GitHub App Installation +# GitHub app installation -Installing/Enabling the Renovate GitHub App is fairly simple, and no different to any other GitHub App. +Installing/enabling the Renovate GitHub App is simple. First, navigate to [https://github.com/apps/renovate](https://github.com/apps/renovate) and click the Install button:  -The only choice you need to make is whether to run Renovate on: +The only choice you need to make is whether to run Renovate on all repositories or on selected repositories:  -Renovate will silently ignore any repositories that don't have known package files, as well as any forks, so it's OK to install for all, however most people choose to select which repositories to include. -Unfortunately GitHub doesn't yet offer a "select all except X,Y,Z" so instead you need to individually select all that you want if you don't choose the install into all repositories option. +Renovate will ignore any repositories that don't have known package files, as well as any forks, so you can enable Renovate for all your repositories with no problems. +That said, most people run Renovate on selected repositories. +Unfortunately GitHub doesn't offer a "select all except X,Y,Z" option, so you must select each repository where you want Renovate to run. Once you're done selecting repositories for Renovate to run on, click the green Install button at the bottom of the page and Renovate will be enabled for those repositories and start the onboarding process.