feat: enhance Dependabot workflow with improved permissions and auto-merge capabilities (#180)

Author: Raouf25

.github/workflows/dependabot-reviewer.yml

@@ -46,32 +46,34 @@ jobs:
     needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
+
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+
+    env:
+      PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+
     steps:
       - name: Dependabot metadata
         id: dependabot-metadata
         uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v2
+
       - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
         run: gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL"
-        env:
-          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+
       - name: Approve patch and minor updates
         if: ${{steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch' || steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor'}}
         run: gh pr review $PR_URL --approve -b "I'm **approving** this pull request because it includes a ${{steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.update-type}} update"
-        env:
-          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+
       - name: Approve major updates of development dependencies
         if: ${{steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-major' && steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.dependency-type == 'direct:development'}}
         run: gh pr review $PR_URL --approve -b "I'm **approving** this pull request because **it includes a major update of a dependency used only in development**"
-        env:
-          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+
       - name: Comment on major updates of non-development dependencies
         if: ${{steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-major' && steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.dependency-type == 'direct:production'}}
         run: |
           gh pr comment $PR_URL --body "I'm **not approving** this PR because **it includes a major update of a dependency used in production**"
           gh pr edit $PR_URL --add-label "requires-manual-qa"
-        env:
-          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}