Renovate tries to update status checks in dry run mode

[fgreinacher]

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Renovate tries to set status check even when in dry mode, causing permission errors when using a low-privileged token, see e.g. https://gitlab.com/fgreinacher/renovate-dry-mode-status-checks/-/jobs/11405146854:

DEBUG: Combined config
       "config": {
         "hostRules": [],
         "repositoryCache": "enabled",
         "dryRun": "full",
         "baseDir": "/builds/fgreinacher/renovate-dry-mode-status-checks/renovate",
         "onboardingConfig": {
           "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
           "extends": ["config:recommended"]
         },
         "optimizeForDisabled": true,
         "platform": "gitlab",
         "endpoint": "https://gitlab.com/api/v4",
         "token": "***********",
         "repositories": ["fgreinacher/renovate-dry-mode-status-checks"]
       }
// ...
WARN: Failed to set branch status (repository=fgreinacher/renovate-dry-mode-status-checks, branch=renovate/error-ex-1.x)

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