dependabot-auto-merge.yml

name: Dependabot auto-merge
on: pull_request_target

permissions:
  pull-requests: write
  contents: write

jobs:
  dependabot:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]'
    steps:
      - name: Dependabot metadata
        id: dependabot-metadata
        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v2

      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Approve PR
        # only auto-approve direct deps that are minor or patch updates
        #   dependency type is indirect, direct:development or direct:production
        #   version-update is semver-major, semver-minor or semver-patch
        if: |
          steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.dependency-type != 'indirect'
          && steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.update-type != 'version-update:semver-major'
        run: |
          if [ "$(gh pr view "$PR_URL" --json reviewDecision -q .reviewDecision)" != "APPROVED" ]; then
            gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
          else
            echo "PR already approved, skipping additional approvals to minimize emails/notification noise."
          fi
          gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
          gh pr edit "$PR_URL" --add-label "auto-merge"
        env:
          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}