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Release 23.6

Release 23.6 #494

name: Dependabot PR Approve and Merge
# Source: https://blog.somewhatabstract.com/2021/10/11/setting-up-dependabot-with-github-actions-to-approve-and-merge/?utm_source=pocket_mylist
# See also: https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/supply-chain-security/keeping-your-dependencies-updated-automatically/automating-dependabot-with-github-actions#approve-a-pull-request
on: pull_request_target
permissions:
pull-requests: write
contents: write
jobs:
dependabot:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
# Checking the actor will prevent your Action run failing on non-Dependabot
# PRs but also ensures that it only does work for Dependabot PRs.
if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
steps:
# This first step will fail if there's no metadata and so the approval
# will not occur.
- name: Dependabot metadata
id: dependabot-metadata
uses: dependabot/[email protected]
with:
github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
# Here the PR gets approved.
- name: Approve a PR
run: gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
env:
PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
# Finally, this sets the PR to allow auto-merging for patch and minor
# updates if all checks pass
- name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
if: ${{ steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.update-type != 'version-update:semver-major' }}
run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
env:
PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}