From 0e18d868ad2dda687e7e451a683fcaaf324a5fd1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ron Cohen <ron@reflag.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 09:55:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ci: add auto-merge workflow for Dependabot PRs

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 .github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
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+name: Auto-merge dependabot updates
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: write
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  dependabot-merge:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 20
+
+    if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Dependabot metadata
+        id: metadata
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v2.5.0
+        with:
+          github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
+        # --auto waits for branch protection rules (required status checks) before merging.
+        # Only if version bump is not a major version change.
+        if: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.update-type != 'version-update:semver-major' }}
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}