From 1ab3f53b0951171fa99a18a4d4020b1fba59c5ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Stein <rdstein@caltech.edu>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 23:18:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add automerge

---
 .github/workflows/automerge.yml | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/automerge.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e54f4a1a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
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+name: Dependabot auto-merge
+on: pull_request
+
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: write
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  dependabot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Dependabot metadata
+        id: metadata
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v1.1.1
+        with:
+          github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+
+      - name: Echo auto-merge
+        run: echo "Update type is ${{steps.metadata.outputs.update-type}}, check is ${{contains(steps.metadata.outputs.update-type,'version-update:semver')}}"
+
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
+        if: ${{contains(steps.metadata.outputs.update-type,'version-update:semver')}}
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
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