From 5be284720b27b189092c8d5051b7cb0a067ea298 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jake Newton <jnewton@datical.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 16:11:45 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feature:  automerge and close dependabot PRs with minor or
 patch updates only

---
 .github/workflows/dependabot-automerge.yml | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/dependabot-automerge.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-automerge.yml
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-automerge.yml
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+# The name of the workflow
+name: Automerge Dependabot PRs
+
+# The event that triggers the workflow
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+
+jobs:
+  dependabot:
+    # The name of the job
+    name: Merge dependabot
+    # The type of runner that the job will run on
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # The permissions for the GITHUB_TOKEN
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    # Conditional statement to run the job only when the event was triggered by 'dependabot[bot]'
+    if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Dependabot metadata
+        id: dependabot-metadata
+        # Use 'dependabot/fetch-metadata' to fetch the metadata about the update
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v1.3.1
+
+      - name: Approve patch and minor updates
+        # Conditional statement to run the steps only when the update type is a patch or minor
+        if: ${{steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch' || steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor'}}
+        run: |
+          # Command to merge the PR
+          gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL"
+          # Command to approve the PR with a custom message
+          gh pr review $PR_URL --approve -b "I'm **approving** this pull request because **it includes a patch or minor update**"
+        env:
+          # The URL of the PR to be merged and approved
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+          # The GitHub token secret
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}