From 86f4e36c7c9bcef6dba304e172dd987ec256997a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anne Beth Andersen <195699472+abla86@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 20:29:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ci: automate safe Dependabot merges

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 .../workflows/dependabot-auto-maintenance.yml | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/dependabot-auto-maintenance.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-maintenance.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-maintenance.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..350e29a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-maintenance.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: Dependabot Auto-Maintenance
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+jobs:
+  dependabot:
+    if: github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' && startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'dependabot/')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for safe dependency updates
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          PR: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          gh pr merge "$PR" --auto --squash --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY"