CI - Activate auto-merging for PRs (ci_automerge_prs.yml)

Activate auto-merging for a PR.

Expectations

The PAT secret must represent a user with the rights to activate auto-merging.

This workflow can only be called if the triggering event from the caller workflow is pull_request_target.

Inputs

There are no inputs for this workflow.

Secrets

Name	Descriptions	Required
PAT	A personal access token (PAT) with rights to update the permanent_dependencies_branch. This will fallback on GITHUB_TOKEN.	No

Usage example

The following is an example of how a workflow may look that calls CI - Activate auto-merging for PRs. It is meant to be complete as is.

name: CI - Activate auto-merging for Dependabot PRs

on:
  pull_request_target:
    branches:
    - ci/dependency-updates

jobs:
  update-dependency-branch:
    name: Call external workflow
    uses: CasperWA/ci-cd/.github/workflows/ci_automerge_prs.yml@main
    if: github.repository_owner == 'CasperWA' && ( ( startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'dependabot/') && github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' ) || ( github.event.pull_request.head.ref == 'ci/update-pyproject' && github.actor == 'CasperWA' ) )
    secrets:
      PAT: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PAT }}