dependabot-auto-merge.yml

name: dependabot-auto-merge
on: [push, pull_request]

jobs:
  dependabot:
    name: "Dependabot"
    permissions: write-all
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' && github.event_name == 'pull_request'}} # Detect that the PR author is dependabot
    steps:
      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
        run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL" # Use Github CLI to merge automatically the PR
        env:
          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
      - name: Enable auto-approve for Dependabot PRs
        run: gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
        env:
          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}