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-name: Dependabot auto-approve
-on: pull_request_target
-    
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  pull-requests: write
-    
-jobs:
-  dependabot:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Dependabot metadata
-        id: metadata
-        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v1
-        with:
-          github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
-      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
-        # if: ${{contains(steps.metadata.outputs.dependency-names, 'my-dependency') && steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch'}}
-        run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
-        env:
-          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GREENBONE_BOT_TOKEN}}
-      - name: Approve a PR
-        run: gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
-        env:
-          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GREENBONE_BOT_TOKEN}}