updated ci with automerge dependabot green PRs

Author: timea-solid

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -51,6 +51,18 @@ jobs:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           publish_dir: .
 
+  dependabot:
+    name: 'Dependabot'
+    needs: build # After the E2E and build jobs, if one of them fails, it won't merge the PR.
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' && github.event_name == 'pull_request'}} # Detect that the PR author is dependabot
+    steps:
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL" # Use Github CLI to merge automatically the PR
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}} 
+
   npm-publish-build:
     needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -66,14 +78,14 @@ jobs:
         run: 'sed -i -E "s/(\"version\": *\"[^\"]+)/\1-${GITHUB_SHA_SHORT}/" package.json'
       - name: Disable pre- and post-publish actions
         run: 'sed -i -E "s/\"((pre|post)publish)/\"ignore:\1/" package.json'
-      - uses: JS-DevTools/npm-publish@v3.1.1
+      - uses: JS-DevTools/npm-publish@v4.1.0
         if: github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' && github.actor != 'dependabot-preview[bot]'
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
           tag: ${{ env.GITHUB_REF_SLUG }}
 
   npm-publish-latest:
-    needs: build
+    needs: [build, npm-publish-build]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     steps:
@@ -85,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 20.x
       - name: Disable pre- and post-publish actions
         run: 'sed -i -E "s/\"((pre|post)publish)/\"ignore:\1/" package.json'
-      - uses: JS-DevTools/npm-publish@v3.1.1
+      - uses: JS-DevTools/npm-publish@v4.1.0
         if: github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' && github.actor != 'dependabot-preview[bot]' 
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}