- adds auto merge workflow

.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: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Dependabot metadata
+        id: metadata
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v1.3.6
+        with:
+          github-token: "${{ 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}}