Merge branch 'dev' into ps/#568-fixingDeployment

Author: PhilippSchmelter

.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+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 == 'ie3-institute/OSMoGrid'
+    steps:
+      - name: Dependabot metadata
+        id: metadata
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@d7267f607e9d3fb96fc2fbe83e0af444713e90b7
+        with:
+          github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
+        if: steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch'
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Create `CITATION.cff` [#531](https://github.com/ie3-institute/OSMoGrid/issues/531)
 - Implemented GitHub Actions Pipeline [#545](https://github.com/ie3-institute/OSMoGrid/issues/545)
 - Added `mavenCentralPublish.gradle` to enable deployment to MavenCentral [#568](https://github.com/ie3-institute/OSMoGrid/issues/568)
+- Implementing auto-merge for dependabot PRs [#556](https://github.com/ie3-institute/OSMoGrid/issues/566)
 
 ### Changed
 - Rely on Java 17