Make dependabot-automerge workflow reusable (workflow_call)#1
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Convert the org auto-merge workflow from an on: pull_request_target workflow (which only runs in the .github repo itself) into a reusable workflow. Other repos add a thin caller that triggers on pull_request_target and does 'uses: ...@main' with 'secrets: inherit', so the approve + auto-merge logic lives in one place. Behavior is unchanged (approve + enable auto-merge for patch/minor, comment + label needs-manual-review for major). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Update the caller example to include the Dependabot-actor guard and a default-branch restriction on pull_request_target. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
github.actor is the triggering user (can be a maintainer on a rebase/synchronize), so guard the job on github.event.pull_request.user.login instead. Update the caller example to match. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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GitHub's 'require workflows to pass' ruleset rejects a workflow_call-only
workflow ('must have merge_queue, pull_request_target, or pull_request').
Converting this to reusable (PR #1) broke the org dependabot-automerge
ruleset for every repo. Restore the direct pull_request_target trigger so
the org ruleset can inject and run it across repos as intended. Keeps the
PR-author guard.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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…-workflow-trigger Revert to pull_request_target: required workflows can't be reusable (fixes #1 regression)
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What
Convert
.github/workflows/dependabot-automerge.yamlfrom anon: pull_request_targetworkflow into a reusable workflow (on: workflow_call).Why
A plain workflow in the org
.githubrepo only runs for the.githubrepo itself — it does not propagate to other repos. To share the approve + auto-merge logic org-wide, it must be a reusable workflow that other repos call.Target repos add a thin caller at
.github/workflows/dependabot-automerge.yaml:Behavior
Unchanged: approve + enable auto-merge (rebase) for patch/minor bumps; comment + label
needs-manual-reviewfor major bumps. Only the trigger changed (pull_request_target→workflow_call).Part of the org-wide Dependabot auto-merge rollout (realrate/RealRate-Private#2148).