template fields in the config should not be wrapped with single quotes

[amimas]

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Hi,

I have a monorepo containing multiple AWS lambda functions. I wanted to have each of them being updated separately instead of grouped together. So, I used the {{parentDir}} template field to group them accordingly.

Originally I had the template field wrapped in single quote but it wasn't working. The entire config of grouping under packageRule wasn't even taking effect. After several trial & error, I found out that the config wasn't recognized because of using single quotes around the {{parentDir}}. After I switched to double quotes, the grouping was working as expected. Below is a snippet of the change I needed to make.

# renovate.json5
packageRules: [
    {
-      description: 'Group updates for all lambdas separately.',
-      groupName: 'Lambda {{parentDir}}',
-      matchFileNames: [ '**/{{parentDir}}/*' ]
+      description: "Group updates for all lambdas separately.",
+      groupName: "Lambda {{parentDir}}",
+      matchFileNames: [ '**/requirements.txt' ],
    }
]

Is this expected? I don't recall seeing any error in the renovate log. Not sure if I missed it in the doc, but didn't notice any special call out that template fields cannot be wrapped with single-quotes. Or, maybe that is somehow implied and I just didn't know. If this is how it's supposed to be used, what do you think of calling it out in the docs?

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[rarkins]

I'm not aware of any reason why this should make a difference. Can you reproduce it on github.com?

[amimas]

Hmm.... I tried to reproduce it but couldn't :(

https://github.com/amimas/renovate-reproduction-discussion-30915/blob/main/renovate.json5