# 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_target 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: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }} steps: # This first step will fail if there's no metadata and so the approval # will not occur. - name: Dependabot metadata id: dependabot-metadata uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v1.3.3 with: github-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}' # Here the PR gets approved. - name: Approve a PR if: ${{ steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.update-type != 'version-update:semver-major' }} run: gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL" env: PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }} 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: ${{ steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.update-type != 'version-update:semver-major' }} run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL" env: PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }} GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}