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+# Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+name: Dependabot
+on: pull_request
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  dependabot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
+    env:
+      PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.SYNCED_GITHUB_TOKEN_REPO}}
+    steps:
+      - name: approve
+        run: gh pr review --comment -b "Automatically approved since dependabot is [configured](https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file#labels) with label `automatic`."
+        if: ${{ github.event.label.name == 'automatic' }}
+      - name: approve-instructions
+        run: echo "configure dependabot with label 'automatic' to have it automatically approved and merged. https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file#labels"
+        if: ${{ github.event.label.name != 'automatic' }}
+      - name: merge
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --squash --delete-branch "$PR_URL"