automatic updates

.github/dependabot.yml

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+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+    directory: "/backend/requirements.txt" # Location of package manifests
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"

.github/workflows/auto-approve.yml

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+name: Auto approve and merge dependency bump PRs
+
+on: pull_request
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  auto-approve:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]'
+    steps:
+    - run: gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
+    - run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}