From 3f85b18818d9833fc6837e89d2a0fbf2fd85700c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Catalina Garcia <catalina.garcia@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk>
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 11:00:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] TMP: conditionally auto-approve dependabot PRs

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 .github/workflows/dependabot-autoapprove.yml | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/dependabot-autoapprove.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-autoapprove.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-autoapprove.yml
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+name: Dependabot auto-approve
+on: pull_request
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: write
+jobs:
+  dependabot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Checking the author will prevent your Action run failing on non-Dependabot PRs
+    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]'
+    steps:
+      - name: Dependabot metadata
+        id: dependabot-metadata
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Approve a PR if not already approved
+        if: "!contains(steps.metadata.outputs.package-ecosystem, 'npm') && steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch'"
+        run: |
+          gh pr checkout "$PR_URL" # sets the upstream metadata for `gh pr status`
+          if [ "$(gh pr status --json reviewDecision -q .currentBranch.reviewDecision)" != "APPROVED" ];
+          then echo "This would approve the PR"
+          else echo "PR already approved, skipping additional approvals to minimize emails/notification noise.";
+          fi
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
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