name: Dependabot auto-merge release-updates
on: pull_request

# Based on https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/working-with-dependabot/automating-dependabot-with-github-actions#enable-auto-merge-on-a-pull-request
permissions:
  pull-requests: write
  contents: write

jobs:
  dependabot:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
    steps:
      - name: Dependabot metadata
        id: metadata
        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v1.3.1
        with:
          github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
        name: Clone self repository
        with:
          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs for release data
        run: gh pr merge --auto --rebase "$PR_URL"
        env:
          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}