ci: approve dependabot PRs so auto-merge can go through - #171
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The ruleset on `main` requires one approving review. The auto-merge workflow only enabled auto-merge, so every dependabot PR sat there waiting for a review that never came and I ended up approving them by hand anyway. - Approve the PR with `gh pr review --approve` before enabling auto-merge - Move the job into `checks.yml` and gate it on `needs: [checks]`, so the approval only happens once the build is green - Drop `dependabot-auto-merge.yml` Major bumps stay excluded, and the actor check stays on `github.event.pull_request.user.login` instead of `github.actor` so re-running the workflow myself doesn't turn auto-merge off. This relies on "Allow GitHub Actions to create and approve pull requests", which is already enabled on the repo.
Hofer-Julian
marked this pull request as ready for review
August 25, 2026 07:43
ruben-arts
enabled auto-merge (squash)
August 25, 2026 12:06
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Aug 25, 2026
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The ruleset on
mainrequires one approving review. The auto-merge workflow only enabled auto-merge, so every dependabot PR sat there waiting for a review that never came and I ended up approving them by hand anyway.gh pr review --approvebefore enabling auto-mergechecks.ymland gate it onneeds: [checks], so the approval only happens once the build is greendependabot-auto-merge.ymlMajor bumps stay excluded, and the actor check stays on
github.event.pull_request.user.logininstead ofgithub.actorso re-running the workflow myself doesn't turn auto-merge off.This relies on "Allow GitHub Actions to create and approve pull requests", which is already enabled on the repo.