renovatebot/renovate 42.68.5

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42.68.5 (2025-12-31)

Bug Fixes

• postUpgradeTasks: always run commands with shell mode (140a777)
• util/exec: don't use shell by default (f430552)

Documentation

• self-hosting: note risk of postUpgradeTasks with shell execution (d2872e2)

Code Refactoring

• github-actions: Simplify line parsing (#40216) (fb80abb)
• util/exec: specify the args array for execa (a0a84a4)
• util/exec: use spawnargs to return error messages (b19c3ee)

Tests

• only validate subset of arguments to exec (bebff1c)
• remove encoding from stubs (#40221) (8fab5f0)
• util/exec: clarify existing behaviour of shell parameter (d0bee7f)
• util/exec: document ability to use arguments with spaces (c5c98ea)