ci: auto merge dependabot prs

Author: Mark-J-Lawrence

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -7,5 +7,3 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"
     open-pull-requests-limit: 0 # only create PRs for security updates
-    reviewers:
-      - "Mark-j-Lawrence"

.github/workflows/dependabot-merge.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: Dependabot auto-merge
+on: pull_request
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  dependabot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]' && github.repository == 'cicsdev/cics-security-sdv-samples'
+    steps:
+      - name: Dependabot metadata
+        id: metadata
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v2
+        with:
+          github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
+        if: steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch'
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}