dependabot-auto-merge.yaml

name: Dependabot auto-merge
on: pull_request_target

permissions:
  pull-requests: write # required for the action to read metadata
  contents: write # required for the gh client to read/merge commits

jobs:
  dependabot:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
    steps:
      - name: Dependabot metadata
        id: metadata
        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v1

      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
        if: steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor' || 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 }}
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}