diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 14441fc55..277972792 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -9,3 +9,11 @@ updates:
     directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"
+    ignore:
+      # a few dependencies get a lot of patch updates that become pretty noisy
+      - dependency-name: "libc"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-patch"]
+      - dependency-name: "clap"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-patch"]
+
+
diff --git a/test/taskchampion.sqlite3 b/test/taskchampion.sqlite3
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5eac79740
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