⬆️ Update dependency management and automerge configuration (#565)

## Description

This pull request improves the dependency management process and
automerge behavior. It includes the following updates:
- Updated pre-commit hooks to the latest versions.
- Enabled automerge for minor version updates of stable dependencies.
- Enabled automerge for lockfile update pull requests.
- Explicitly added a lower version bound for the `sphinx` dependency.

These changes ensure smoother dependency updates and improve overall
development efficiency.

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Signed-off-by: burgholzer <burgholzer@me.com>

.github/renovate.json5

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
     enabled: true
   },
   lockFileMaintenance: {
-    "enabled": true,
-    // "automerge": true, disabled due to endless update loops caused by setuptools_scm
+    enabled: true,
+    automerge: true,
   },
   configMigration: true,
   labels: ["dependencies"],
@@ -30,9 +30,16 @@
       commitMessagePrefix: "⬆\uFE0F\uD83E\uDE9D",
     },
     {
-      "description": "Automerge patch updates",
-      "matchUpdateTypes": ["patch"],
-      "automerge": true
+      description: "Automerge patch updates",
+      matchUpdateTypes: ["patch"],
+      automerge: true
+    },
+    {
+      description: "Automerge minor updates for stable dependencies",
+      matchManagers: ["pep621", "pre-commit"],
+      matchUpdateTypes: ["minor", "patch"],
+      matchCurrentVersion: "!/^0/",
+      automerge: true
     }
   ]
 }

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ repos:
 
   # Format configuration files with prettier
   - repo: https://github.com/rbubley/mirrors-prettier
-    rev: v3.5.2
+    rev: v3.5.3
     hooks:
       - id: prettier
         types_or: [yaml, markdown, html, css, scss, javascript, json]
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ repos:
 
   # Check best practices for scientific Python code
   - repo: https://github.com/scientific-python/cookie
-    rev: 2024.08.19
+    rev: 2025.01.22
     hooks:
       - id: sp-repo-review
         additional_dependencies: ["repo-review[cli]"]
@@ -141,6 +141,6 @@ repos:
 
   # Check the pyproject.toml file
   - repo: https://github.com/henryiii/validate-pyproject-schema-store
-    rev: 2025.01.10
+    rev: 2025.02.24
     hooks:
       - id: validate-pyproject

pyproject.toml

@@ -348,6 +348,9 @@ docs = [
   "ipykernel>=6.29.5",
   "nbsphinx>=0.9.6",
   "sphinx-autodoc-typehints>=2.3.0",
+  "sphinx>=7.4.7",
+  "sphinx>=8.1.3; python_version >= '3.10'",
+  "sphinx>=8.2.3; python_version >= '3.11'",
 ]
 test = [
   "pytest>=8.3.4",