SCSZ-1628 Updated base dependabot config for auto merge

_github/workflows/dependabot-prs.yml

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
         # other PRs are merging and causing this to rebase and trigger another
         # run) and then approves the PR many times, which is confusing and looks
         # awkward.
-        if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' && (!github.event.pull_request.auto_merge && (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'development-dependencies') || steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.dependency-type == 'direct:development')) }}
+        if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' && (!github.event.pull_request.auto_merge && (contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'development-dependencies') || steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.dependency-type == 'direct:development' || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'automerge-dependencies')) }}
         run: gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL" && gh pr edit "$PR_URL" --remove-label "Needs QA" && gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
         env:
           PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}