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+name: Auto approve and Merge Dependabot PRs
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types: [labeled]
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: write
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  approve:
+    name: Auto-approve dependabot PRs
+    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]' && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'dependencies')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+    - uses: hmarr/auto-approve-action@v3
+      with:
+        github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+    - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
+      run: gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL"
+      env:
+        PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}