Chore: [AEA-0000] - add dependabot approve schedule#690
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Pull request overview
Adds a scheduled GitHub Actions workflow intended to auto-approve Dependabot dependency update PRs, and removes the previous Dependabot auto-approve job from the PR workflow.
Changes:
- Remove the
dependabot-auto-approve-and-mergejob from the pull request workflow. - Add a new scheduled workflow to auto-approve dependency updates using
NHSDigital/eps-dependabot-approve. - Remove the repository’s
.github/CODEOWNERSfile (which previously restricted workflow approvals).
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| File | Description |
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| .github/workflows/pull_request.yml | Removes the prior Dependabot auto-approve/merge reusable-workflow job from PR runs. |
| .github/workflows/auto_approve_dependabot.yml | Introduces a scheduled (and manually dispatchable) workflow to approve/enable auto-merge for dependency update PRs. |
| .github/CODEOWNERS | Removes CODEOWNERS-based review restrictions for workflow changes. |
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