Renovate can validate configuration changes in Pull Requests when you use a special branch name.
Follow these steps to validate your configuration:
1. Create a new Git branch that matches the `{{branchPrefix}}reconfigure` pattern. For example, if you're using the default prefix `renovate/`, your branch name must be `renovate/reconfigure`.
1. Commit your updated Renovate config file to this branch, and push it to your Git hosting platform.
The next time Renovate runs on that repo it will:
1. Search for a branch that matches the special reconfigure pattern.
1. Check for a config file in the reconfigure branch. Renovate can even find a renamed configuration file (compared to the config file in the default branch).
1. Add a passing or failing status to the branch, depending on the outcome of the config validation run.
1. If there's an _open_ pull request with validation errors from the _reconfigure_ branch then Renovate comments in the PR with details.
1. Validate each commit the next time Renovate runs on the repository, until the PR is merged.