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+version: 2
+updates:
+- package-ecosystem: pip
+  directory: "/"
+  schedule:
+    interval: weekly
+    time: "13:00"
+  open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+  ignore:
+  - dependency-name: tqdm
+    versions:
+    - 4.60.0
+  - dependency-name: transformers
+    versions:
+    - 4.4.2
+    - 4.5.0
+  - dependency-name: elasticsearch
+    versions:
+    - 7.11.0