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From: Albert Mavashev <amavashev@k2n.io>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:42:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] chore(ci): auto-merge Dependabot patch-level bumps
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Add a workflow that auto-merges Dependabot PRs classified as
`version-update:semver-patch`. Minor and major updates still
require human review — those are the ones that realistically
carry breaking-change risk (Spring 4.x, Jedis 7.x, etc.).

Merge is gated by `--auto`, which waits for the repo's required
status checks (CI + CodeQL) to pass before completing. Without
the branch protection recently added on main, this wouldn't be
safe — a failing patch bump would merge immediately.

Reduces the weekly Dependabot manual-merge grind without opening
a hole for anything higher-risk than a point release.
---
 .github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ffd45a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
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+name: Dependabot auto-merge
+
+on: pull_request
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  automerge:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]'
+    steps:
+      - name: Fetch Dependabot metadata
+        id: meta
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v2
+
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for patch updates
+        if: steps.meta.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 }}