44.57.1

renovatebot/renovate44.57.1Sep 2, 2026by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

This release focuses on bug fixes and refactoring, specifically improving git submodule handling and updating capitalization to 'Renovate'. It also includes test coverage improvements.

Key Highlights

Fixed initialization of nested git submodules during dependency updates.
Updated capitalization from 'reconfigure' to 'Renovate' and removed references to 'bot'.
Added missing test coverage for the `setGitAuthor` utility function.

Full Release Notes

## [44.57.1](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/compare/44.57.0...44.57.1) (2026-09-02)

### Bug Fixes

* **manager/git-submodules:** init nested submodules in updateDependency ([#45606](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/issues/45606)) ([bbd603e](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/bbd603e277145af4a5885e215c67e769142165dd))
* **reconfigure:** capitalise Renovate ([#39310](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/issues/39310)) ([c02de67](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/c02de67947802e149c25f6bbbb644c67c310140c))
* remove references to "bot" ([#39305](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/issues/39305)) ([b62fe59](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/b62fe59594e127156e9ca580f46f4f89faaadba8))

### Tests

* **util/git:** add missing coverage of `setGitAuthor` ([#45607](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/issues/45607)) ([ea3b7ac](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/commit/ea3b7acede3ab820953fbffdede27c868f2e2c1e))