From 5c3230192140c8b4e078c5721f039891de59969d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Biret <vibiret@microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 08:03:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] - adds auto merge dependabot workflow

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 .github/workflows/auto-merge-dependabot.yml | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/auto-merge-dependabot.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-merge-dependabot.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-merge-dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-merge-dependabot.yml
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+name: Auto-merge dependabot updates
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: write
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+
+  dependabot-merge:
+
+    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 if version bump is not a major version change
+        if: ${{steps.metadata.outputs.update-type != 'version-update:semver-major'}}
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}