dependabot-auto-merge.yml

---

name: Dependabot auto-merge
on: pull_request_target

permissions:
  pull-requests: write
  contents: write

jobs:
  dependabot:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
    steps:
    - name: Dependabot metadata
      id: metadata
      uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v1.6.0
      with:
        github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
    - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
      # only auto-approve direct deps that are minor or patch updates
      #   dependency type is indirect, direct:development or direct:production
      #   version-update is semver-major, semver-minor or semver-patch
      if: |
        steps.metadata.outputs.dependency-type != 'indirect'
        && steps.metadata.outputs.update-type != 'version-update:semver-major'
      run: |
          gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
      env:
        PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}

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