dependabot/acf-php-example

If your project depends on the Advanced Custom Fields plugin, Dependabot won't be able to download it via the usual mechanisms that rely on the presence of an ACF_PRO_KEY environment variable (e.g., https://github.com/pivvenit/acf-composer-bridge).

You have two options:

Use a private composer registry. ACF doesn't currently offer a private registry, but there is an open source script that proxies private composer registry requests from Dependabot to ACF.

WARNING: If you use a proxy that you don't host, then your license key will be viewable by whoever operates that proxy.
Vendor a licensed copy of the ACF plugin in your private repository. This repository illustrates this approach.

Caveats:

Using this approach enables Dependabot to update the rest of your composer project's dependencies. However, updating your Advanced Custom Fields plugin will require manually downloading a zip file with the desired version and committing the contents to your repository.
This is not legal advice. If you're concerned about the legality of committing the contents of the Advanced Custom Fields plugin in your private repository, please consult your legal counsel.

Set up

Download a licensed copy of the advanced-custom-fields plugin at https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields.
At the root of your project, unzip the contents into the vendor directory. (See expected structure below.)
Create a composer.json file at vendor/advanced-custom-fields/composer.json with the content seen in vendor/advanced-custom-fields/composer.json.

In your top-level composer.json file, add the following repositories entry as seen here:

  "repositories": [
    {
      "type": "path",
      "url": "vendor/advanced-custom-fields"
    }
  ],

Run composer update.
Commit the changes to your repository.
Push your changes to GitHub.
The next time Dependabot Version Updates runs, it should successfully check for updates of your other composer dependencies.

Expected Directory Structure

If you're using advanced-custom-fields v5.9.5, your directory structure would have the following content:

├── composer.json
├── composer.lock
├── vendor
│   └── advanced-custom-fields
│       ├── README.md
│       ├── acf.php
│       ├── assets
│       │   ├── css
│       │   │   ├── acf-dark.css
│       │   │   ├── acf-field-group.css
│       │   │   ├── acf-global.css
│       │   │   └── acf-input.css
│       │   ├── images
│       │   │   ├── acf-logo.png
│       │   │   ├── spinner.gif
│       │   │   └── spinner@2x.gif
│       │   ├── inc
│       │   │   ├── datepicker
│       │   │   │   ├── images
│       │   │   │   │   ├── ui-bg_highlight-soft_0_ffffff_1x100.png
│       │   │   │   │   ├── ui-icons_444444_256x240.png
│       │   │   │   │   ├── ui-icons_DDDDDD_256x240.png
│       │   │   │   │   └── ui-icons_ffffff_256x240.png
│       │   │   │   ├── jquery-ui.css
│       │   │   │   └── jquery-ui.min.css
│       │   │   ├── select2
│       │   │   │   ├── 3
│       │   │   │   │   ├── select2-spinner.gif
│       │   │   │   │   ├── select2.css
│       │   │   │   │   ├── select2.js
│       │   │   │   │   ├── select2.min.js
│       │   │   │   │   ├── select2.png
│       │   │   │   │   └── select2x2.png
│       │   │   │   └── 4
│       │   │   │       ├── select2.css
│       │   │   │       ├── select2.full.js
│       │   │   │       ├── select2.full.min.js
│       │   │   │       ├── select2.js
│       │   │   │       ├── select2.min.css
│       │   │   │       └── select2.min.js
│       │   │   └── timepicker
│       │   │       ├── jquery-ui-timepicker-addon.css
│       │   │       ├── jquery-ui-timepicker-addon.js
│       │   │       ├── jquery-ui-timepicker-addon.min.css
│       │   │       └── jquery-ui-timepicker-addon.min.js
│       │   └── js
│       │       ├── acf-field-group.js
│       │       ├── acf-field-group.min.js
│       │       ├── acf-input.js
│       │       ├── acf-input.min.js
│       │       ├── acf.js
│       │       └── acf.min.js
│       ├── includes
│       │   ├── acf-field-functions.php
│       │   ├── acf-field-group-functions.php
│       │   ├── acf-form-functions.php
│       │   ├── acf-helper-functions.php
│       │   ├── acf-hook-functions.php
│       │   ├── acf-input-functions.php
│       │   ├── acf-meta-functions.php
│       │   ├── acf-post-functions.php
│       │   ├── acf-user-functions.php
│       │   ├── acf-utility-functions.php
│       │   ├── acf-value-functions.php
│       │   ├── acf-wp-functions.php
│       │   ├── admin
│       │   │   ├── admin-field-group.php
│       │   │   ├── admin-field-groups.php
│       │   │   ├── admin-notices.php
│       │   │   ├── admin-tools.php
│       │   │   ├── admin-upgrade.php
│       │   │   ├── admin.php
│       │   │   ├── tools
│       │   │   │   ├── class-acf-admin-tool-export.php
│       │   │   │   ├── class-acf-admin-tool-import.php
│       │   │   │   └── class-acf-admin-tool.php
│       │   │   └── views
│       │   │       ├── field-group-field-conditional-logic.php
│       │   │       ├── field-group-field.php
│       │   │       ├── field-group-fields.php
│       │   │       ├── field-group-locations.php
│       │   │       ├── field-group-options.php
│       │   │       ├── html-admin-navigation.php
│       │   │       ├── html-admin-page-upgrade-network.php
│       │   │       ├── html-admin-page-upgrade.php
│       │   │       ├── html-admin-tools.php
│       │   │       ├── html-location-group.php
│       │   │       ├── html-location-rule.php
│       │   │       └── html-notice-upgrade.php
│       │   ├── ajax
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-ajax-check-screen.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-ajax-local-json-diff.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-ajax-query-users.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-ajax-query.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-ajax-upgrade.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-ajax-user-setting.php
│       │   │   └── class-acf-ajax.php
│       │   ├── api
│       │   │   ├── api-helpers.php
│       │   │   ├── api-template.php
│       │   │   └── api-term.php
│       │   ├── assets.php
│       │   ├── class-acf-data.php
│       │   ├── compatibility.php
│       │   ├── deprecated.php
│       │   ├── fields
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-accordion.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-button-group.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-checkbox.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-color_picker.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-date_picker.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-date_time_picker.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-email.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-file.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-google-map.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-group.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-image.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-link.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-message.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-number.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-oembed.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-output.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-page_link.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-password.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-post_object.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-radio.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-range.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-relationship.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-select.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-separator.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-tab.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-taxonomy.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-text.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-textarea.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-time_picker.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-true_false.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-url.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-user.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-field-wysiwyg.php
│       │   │   └── class-acf-field.php
│       │   ├── fields.php
│       │   ├── forms
│       │   │   ├── form-attachment.php
│       │   │   ├── form-comment.php
│       │   │   ├── form-customizer.php
│       │   │   ├── form-front.php
│       │   │   ├── form-gutenberg.php
│       │   │   ├── form-nav-menu.php
│       │   │   ├── form-post.php
│       │   │   ├── form-taxonomy.php
│       │   │   ├── form-user.php
│       │   │   └── form-widget.php
│       │   ├── l10n.php
│       │   ├── legacy
│       │   │   └── legacy-locations.php
│       │   ├── local-fields.php
│       │   ├── local-json.php
│       │   ├── local-meta.php
│       │   ├── locations
│       │   │   ├── abstract-acf-legacy-location.php
│       │   │   ├── abstract-acf-location.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-location-attachment.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-location-comment.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-location-current-user-role.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-location-current-user.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-location-nav-menu-item.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-location-nav-menu.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-location-page-parent.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-location-page-template.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-location-page-type.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-location-page.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-location-post-category.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-location-post-format.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-location-post-status.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-location-post-taxonomy.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-location-post-template.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-location-post-type.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-location-post.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-location-taxonomy.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-location-user-form.php
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-location-user-role.php
│       │   │   └── class-acf-location-widget.php
│       │   ├── locations.php
│       │   ├── loop.php
│       │   ├── media.php
│       │   ├── revisions.php
│       │   ├── third-party.php
│       │   ├── updates.php
│       │   ├── upgrades.php
│       │   ├── validation.php
│       │   ├── walkers
│       │   │   ├── class-acf-walker-nav-menu-edit.php
│       │   │   └── class-acf-walker-taxonomy-field.php
│       │   └── wpml.php
│       ├── lang
│       │   ├── acf-ar.mo
│       │   ├── acf-ar.po
│       │   ├── acf-bg_BG.mo
│       │   ├── acf-bg_BG.po
│       │   ├── acf-ca.mo
│       │   ├── acf-ca.po
│       │   ├── acf-cs_CZ.mo
│       │   ├── acf-cs_CZ.po
│       │   ├── acf-de_CH.mo
│       │   ├── acf-de_CH.po
│       │   ├── acf-de_DE.mo
│       │   ├── acf-de_DE.po
│       │   ├── acf-de_DE_formal.mo
│       │   ├── acf-de_DE_formal.po
│       │   ├── acf-es_ES.mo
│       │   ├── acf-es_ES.po
│       │   ├── acf-fa_IR.mo
│       │   ├── acf-fa_IR.po
│       │   ├── acf-fi.mo
│       │   ├── acf-fi.po
│       │   ├── acf-fr_CA.mo
│       │   ├── acf-fr_CA.po
│       │   ├── acf-fr_FR.mo
│       │   ├── acf-fr_FR.po
│       │   ├── acf-he_IL.mo
│       │   ├── acf-he_IL.po
│       │   ├── acf-hr.mo
│       │   ├── acf-hr.po
│       │   ├── acf-hu_HU.mo
│       │   ├── acf-hu_HU.po
│       │   ├── acf-id_ID.mo
│       │   ├── acf-id_ID.po
│       │   ├── acf-it_IT.mo
│       │   ├── acf-it_IT.po
│       │   ├── acf-ja.mo
│       │   ├── acf-ja.po
│       │   ├── acf-nb_NO.mo
│       │   ├── acf-nb_NO.po
│       │   ├── acf-nl_NL.mo
│       │   ├── acf-nl_NL.po
│       │   ├── acf-pl_PL.mo
│       │   ├── acf-pl_PL.po
│       │   ├── acf-pt_BR.mo
│       │   ├── acf-pt_BR.po
│       │   ├── acf-pt_PT.mo
│       │   ├── acf-pt_PT.po
│       │   ├── acf-ro_RO.mo
│       │   ├── acf-ro_RO.po
│       │   ├── acf-ru_RU.mo
│       │   ├── acf-ru_RU.po
│       │   ├── acf-sk_SK.mo
│       │   ├── acf-sk_SK.po
│       │   ├── acf-sv_SE.mo
│       │   ├── acf-sv_SE.po
│       │   ├── acf-tr_TR.mo
│       │   ├── acf-tr_TR.po
│       │   ├── acf-uk.mo
│       │   ├── acf-uk.po
│       │   ├── acf-zh_CN.mo
│       │   ├── acf-zh_CN.po
│       │   ├── acf-zh_TW.mo
│       │   ├── acf-zh_TW.po
│       │   └── acf.pot
│       └── readme.txt

dependabot / acf-php-example

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Expected Directory Structure

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