feat: enhance dependabot configuration for auto-approval and grouping of dependencies (#601)

Co-authored-by: Dennis van Kekem <38350840+dennisvankekem@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: svcAPLBot <174728082+svcAPLBot@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: 3 people

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ updates:
       prefix: 'chore(deps)'
     labels:
       - 'dependencies'
+      - 'dependabot'
+    groups:
+      npm-dependencies:
+        patterns:
+          - "*"
+        update-types:
+          - "minor"
+          - "patch"
 
   # Docker
   - package-ecosystem: 'docker'
@@ -24,6 +32,14 @@ updates:
       prefix: 'chore(deps)'
     labels:
       - 'dependencies'
+      - 'dependabot'
+    groups:
+      docker-dependencies:
+        patterns:
+          - "*"
+        update-types:
+          - "minor"
+          - "patch"
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: 'node'
         versions: ['>=21']
@@ -37,3 +53,11 @@ updates:
       prefix: 'chore(deps)'
     labels:
       - 'dependencies'
+      - 'dependabot'
+    groups:
+      github-actions-dependencies:
+        patterns:
+          - "*"
+        update-types:
+          - "minor"
+          - "patch"

.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-approve.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: Dependabot Auto Approve
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  auto-approve:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]'
+    steps:
+      - name: Auto approve dependabot PRs
+        uses: hmarr/auto-approve-action@v4
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}