Merge pull request #150 from NHSDigital/APM-6800

Enabled auto merge for dependabots

Author: saptarshimandal1

.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml

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+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]'
+    steps:
+      - name: Dependabot metadata
+        id: metadata
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@21025c7d3b7c1eb5122b2f4f30b18d6c8b8c52df # v2.5.0
+        with:
+          github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+
+      - name: Approve Dependabot PR
+        run: gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Enable auto-merge
+        if: |
+          steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch' ||
+          steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor'
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}