Update to modern times.

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions" # See documentation for possible values
+    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+  - package-ecosystem: "npm" # See documentation for possible values
+    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"

.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       steps:
         - name: Check out repository
-          uses: actions/checkout@v2
+          uses: actions/checkout@v6
           with:
               path: IntegrationTests
 

.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
   build: # make sure build/ci works properly
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - name: Run L0 tests.
       run: |
         npm install

.gitignore

@@ -328,4 +328,4 @@ ASALocalRun/
 
 # MFractors (Xamarin productivity tool) working folder 
 .mfractor/
-coverage
+coveragelib/

README.md

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Action takes Project URL, pipeline name and a [Personal Access Token (PAT)](http
     azure-pipeline-name: 'pipeline-name' # name of the Azure pipeline to be triggered
     azure-devops-token: '${{ secrets.AZURE_DEVOPS_TOKEN }}'
     azure-pipeline-variables:  '{"variable1": "value1", "variable2": "value2"}' # optional stringified json
+    azure-pipeline-parameters: '{"param1": "value1", "param2": "value2"}' # optional stringified json for template parameters
 ```
 
 # Contributing