ci: add Dependabot Auto-merge

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ updates:
   groups:
     pip:
       applies-to: version-updates
-      patterns:
-        - "*"
+      dependency-type: development
   # use increase otherwise widen is chosen
   versioning-strategy: increase
 - package-ecosystem: "npm"

.github/workflows/auto-merge.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: Dependabot Auto-merge
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  dependabot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]' && github.repository == 'tekumara/fakesnow'
+    steps:
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
+        # don't include verbose dependabot PR description as body when merging
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL" --body ""
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}