How to run the Docker version of Renovate to only rebase existing PRs and not raise new ones?

[risafj]

Which Renovate are you using?

Renovate Open Source CLI
Or rather, its Docker image (https://hub.docker.com/r/renovate/renovate/)

Which platform are you using?

GitHub.com

Have you checked the logs? Don't forget to include them if relevant

What would you like to do?

I'm using the renovate/renovate Docker image and executing it periodically on CircleCI as a scheduled job.

This is working just fine, but there are times when I only want to trigger rebases (and automerges) on existing PRs, but not raise new PRs for further package updates.
If I were using the official GitHub plugin, I'm guessing this can be achieved by ticking the checkbox that says If you want to rebase/retry this PR, check this box in the PR. But how can I achieve this while using the Docker image?

NOTE: My Renovate config is set to "rebaseWhen": "behind-base-branch", so existing PRs will be rebased correctly if I run docker run renovate/renovate - my problem is that new PRs will also be raised.

Copy-pasting a part of my config just in case:

{
  "extends": [
    "config:base"
  ],
  "baseBranches": ["master"],
  "schedule": "at any time",
  "enabledManagers": ["npm"],
  "rebaseWhen": "behind-base-branch",
  "patch": {
    "automerge": true
  }
}

Thank you for any help in advance!

[Rhys Arkins]

If you configure a schedule then the current behavior is that existing branches will be rebased if behind but no new ones will be created.

[risafj]

@rarkins Thank you so much for the quick response 👍🏻 Just to be clear, do you mean I can:

1. Change the schedule to something like "schedule": "after 9am and before 6pm on Monday"
2. Run docker run renovate/renovate between Monday 9am-6pm
   • -> Renovate will rebase, automerge, and also raise new PRs
3. Run docker run renovate/renovate any time that's not between Monday 9am-6pm
   • -> Renovate will only rebase and automerge

If so, that would be great.

[Rhys Arkins]

Yes, that's how it should work

[risafj]

Awesome, thank you so much!