dependabot-merge.yml

# Took this from here: https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/working-with-dependabot/automating-dependabot-with-github-actions#enable-auto-merge-on-a-pull-request
name: Dependabot Auto-Merge

on: 
  pull_request:

permissions:
  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: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
        if: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch'}}
        run: |
          gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
          gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL"
        env:
          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}