diff --git a/renovate.json5 b/renovate.json5
index 28f378f..1958df8 100644
--- a/renovate.json5
+++ b/renovate.json5
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@
 		{
 			"description": "all minor/patch updates",
 			"matchCurrentVersion": ">= 1.0.0",
-			"matchUpdateTypes": ["minor", "patch"],
-			"automerge": false,
-			"autoApprove": true
+			"matchUpdateTypes": ["minor", "patch"]
 		},
 		{
 			"description": "npm dependencies (rare)",
@@ -72,9 +70,7 @@
 			"description": "Github minor/patch updates",
 			"matchCurrentVersion": ">= 1.0.0",
 			"matchManagers": ["github-actions"],
-			"matchUpdateTypes": ["minor", "patch"],
-			"autoApprove": true,
-			"automerge": false
+			"matchUpdateTypes": ["minor", "patch"]
 		},
 		{
 			"description": "Github major updates",
@@ -103,19 +99,15 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"matchManagers": ["npm"],
-			"description": "All npm updates. Note commit extra message set globally."
-		},
-		{
-			"matchPackageNames": ["/jest/"],
-			"groupName": "jest",
-			"semanticCommitType": "ci",
-			"semanticCommitScope": "jest"
+			"description": "All npm updates. Note commit extra message was set globally."
 		},
 		{
-			"matchPackageNames": ["/eslint/"],
-			"groupName": "eslint",
-			"semanticCommitType": "ci",
-			"semanticCommitScope": "eslint"
+			"description": "Minor updates to automerge, to save time but allow some clutter, overriding all above rules",
+			"matchManagers": ["npm"],
+			"matchPackageNames": ["/prettier/", "lint-staged", "marked", "mocha", "husky", "release-please", "/@x2od/"],
+			"matchUpdateTypes": ["minor"],
+			"automerge": true,
+			"autoApprove": true
 		}
 	]
 }
diff --git a/renovate_config_for_later.txt b/renovate_config_for_later.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7cce612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/renovate_config_for_later.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+,
+{
+	"matchPackageNames": ["/jest/"],
+	"groupName": "jest",
+	"semanticCommitType": "ci",
+	"semanticCommitScope": "jest"
+},
+{
+	"matchPackageNames": ["/eslint/"],
+	"groupName": "eslint",
+	"semanticCommitType": "ci",
+	"semanticCommitScope": "eslint"
+}
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