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ci: least-privilege permissions for the auto-merge workflow #122

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10 changes: 8 additions & 2 deletions .github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
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Expand Up @@ -11,14 +11,20 @@ name: Dependabot auto-merge

on: pull_request

# Read-only by default; the one job that needs it grants itself the minimum below.
permissions:
contents: write # enable auto-merge on the PR
pull-requests: write # required by gh pr merge
contents: read

jobs:
auto-merge:
if: github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]'
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
timeout-minutes: 5
# Scoped to the job, not the workflow: enabling auto-merge is a pull-request
# write, and the merge itself is performed later by GitHub, so nothing here
# needs contents: write (least privilege).
permissions:
pull-requests: write
steps:
- name: Fetch Dependabot metadata
id: meta
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