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+name: Dependabot auto-merge
+on: pull_request
+
+permissions:
+  checks: read
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  dependabot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Dependabot metadata
+        id: metadata
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v1
+        with:
+          github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+      - name: Wait for status checks
+        uses: lewagon/wait-on-check-action@v1.3.1
+        with:
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
+          check-regexp: test.*
+          wait-interval: 30
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
+        if: ${{contains(steps.metadata.outputs.dependency-names, 'my-dependency') && steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch'}}
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}