chore: enable examples updates with Renovate

[MikeMcC399]

Situation

When a new version of Cypress is released, it is being updated in the examples sub-directories by manually running scripts/update-cypress-latest.sh on Ubuntu and then manually submitting a PR with the changes.

Renovate is already established in this repo, however the settings in renovate.json include extend from config:recommended, which includes :ignoreModulesAndTests with ignorePaths for "**/examples/**".

Change

Modify the renovate.json configuration to update the examples sub-directories by overriding the ignorePaths preset from :ignoreModulesAndTests.

Initially only devDependencies (including cypress) are targeted, due to a global exclusion of dependencies. This may be enhanced to include dependencies in examples only, in a later step. (Allowing Renovate to update dependencies in the root of the repo does not work because the action needs to be rebuilt in this case, and there is no available workflow to do this task.)

Verification

npx --yes --package renovate -- renovate-config-validator

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Note

Low Risk
Low risk config-only change that affects which paths Renovate scans; main impact is increased dependency update PRs from examples folders.

Overview
Updates renovate.json to explicitly set ignorePaths to only **/node_modules/**, overriding the config:recommended preset’s broader path ignores so Renovate can propose dependency updates inside the examples directories.

^{Written by Cursor Bugbot for commit a0e5180. This will update automatically on new commits. Configure here.}

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