feat(renovatebot): automerge enabled

[nitrocode]

what

• automerge enabled

• verify required checks are set by repo owner

  runner / golangci-lint
  runner / revive
  runner / errcheck
  runner / gotest
  Analyze (go)
  Analyze (javascript)
  

• need to create a generic test for each required check if the path filtering causes us to not run the check (see doc)

Any others?

why

• once the repo owner sets required checks, automerge can be enabled for renovatebot pra
• this will save maintainer time and get security/dependency updates in much sooner

tests

• I have tested my changes by approving and merging many renovate prs. Ive closed all the failing ones so they should not cause issues.

references

• closes Enable renovatebots automerge #3112
• https://docs.renovatebot.com/configuration-options/#automerge
• https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/defining-the-mergeability-of-pull-requests/troubleshooting-required-status-checks#handling-skipped-but-required-checks

[nitrocode]

cc @lkysow what do you think about adding the above individual checks as required so auto merge can be enabled on renovatebot?

[nitrocode]

Thank you Luke! One other issue i didn't think about is handling the required checks if path filtering doesn't trigger them.

https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/defining-the-mergeability-of-pull-requests/troubleshooting-required-status-checks#handling-skipped-but-required-checks

We can do this, as per gh docs, by creating generic runs (that run on the opposite path following) for each required check.

I added this as a line item for this pr above.