automerge.yml

# Adapted from https://blog.somewhatabstract.com/2021/10/11/setting-up-dependabot-with-github-actions-to-approve-and-merge/
name: Dependabot auto-merge

on: pull_request

permissions:
  pull-requests: write
  contents: write

jobs:
  dependabot:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    # Checking the actor will prevent your Action run failing on non-Dependabot
    # PRs but also ensures that it only does work for Dependabot PRs.
    if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
    steps:
      # This first step will fail if there's no metadata and so the approval
      # will not occur.
      - name: Dependabot metadata
        id: meta
        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v2
        with:
          github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"

      # Here the PR gets approved.
      - name: Approve a PR
        if: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch' || (!startsWith(steps.meta.outputs.previous-version, '0.') && steps.meta.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor') }}
        run: gh pr review --approve "${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}"
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

      # Finally, this sets the PR to allow auto-merging for patch and minor
      # updates if all checks pass
      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
        if: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch' || (!startsWith(steps.meta.outputs.previous-version, '0.') && steps.meta.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor') }}
        run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}"
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}