dependabot-auto-approve.yml

# Adapted from https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/working-with-dependabot/automating-dependabot-with-github-actions
name: Dependabot auto-approve
on:
  pull_request:
  workflow_dispatch:

permissions:
  pull-requests: write
  contents: write

jobs:
  dependabot:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
    steps:
      - name: Dependabot Gather Metadata
        id: metadata
        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v1
      - name: Approve a PR
        run: gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
        env:
          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
        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}}