Create dependabot-automerge.yaml

.github/workflows/dependabot-automerge.yaml

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+name: Dependabot auto-merge
+on: pull_request
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  dependabot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]' && github.repository == 'palewire/python-open-source-template'
+    steps:
+      - id: metadata
+        name: Dependabot metadata
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@4c5d6e7f8a9b0c1d2e3f4a5b6c7d8e9f0a1b2c3d
+        with:
+          github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+
+      - id: merge
+        name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
+        if: steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch'
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}