From f695b31769e2223818cbf4189fe0d9e9bfff9780 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rainer Sigwald <raines@microsoft.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 08:40:50 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Restore stub package for Dependabot

This partially reverts commit bc0dc67ca4bb8cd6e91745f7b5d6bfb8ddb3d19f.

Dependabot does now support `Directory.Packages.props`, but still seems
to require a project file to be present.
---
 eng/dependabot/dependabot.csproj | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 eng/dependabot/dependabot.csproj

diff --git a/eng/dependabot/dependabot.csproj b/eng/dependabot/dependabot.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e4cb52d9e27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eng/dependabot/dependabot.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<!-- This isn't a real project, but Dependabot requires a project. If one
+     exists, it'll update stuff in Directory.Packages.props as well, which is
+     all we really want here. -->
+<Project />