[Security] Automerge minor Dependabot PRs

.github/workflows/automerge-dependabot.yml

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+name: Dependabot auto-merge
+on: pull_request
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  dependabot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]'
+    steps:
+      - name: Dependabot metadata
+        id: metadata
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v1
+        with:
+          github-token: "${{ secrets.HELPERBOT_TOKEN }}"
+      - name: Auto-approve for Dependabot PRs
+        if: steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor' || steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch'
+        run: gh pr review --approve -b "@Recidiviz/justice-counts - HelperBot is automatically approving this Dependabot PR since it is a patch or minor version update." "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.HELPERBOT_TOKEN}}
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
+        if: steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor' || steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch'
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.HELPERBOT_TOKEN}}