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ci(automerge): AUTOMERGE_PAT with GITHUB_TOKEN fallback #74

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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion .github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
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Expand Up @@ -23,4 +23,8 @@ jobs:
run: gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL"
env:
PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
# AUTOMERGE_PAT (repo+workflow scope) lets auto-merge work on PRs that
# touch .github/workflows/** (e.g. github-actions bumps); the default
# GITHUB_TOKEN is forbidden by GitHub from doing so. Falls back to
# GITHUB_TOKEN when the secret is absent (unchanged behavior).
GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AUTOMERGE_PAT || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}