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+# =============================================================================
+# Dependabot Maintenance - LIB-Shared-NET
+# =============================================================================
+# Merges Dependabot PRs once the PR CI that builds and tests them has passed,
+# using the reusable workflow from bauer-group/automation-templates
+# (docs/workflows/docker-maintenance.md).
+#
+# Trigger scope: no `paths:` filter, so every Dependabot PR - whatever its
+# ecosystem - gets an explicit decision (merged, or left open with an
+# annotation and a job summary) instead of silently staying open.
+# - NuGet: Dependabot changes Directory.Packages.props (central package
+#   management) or a VersionOverride in a csproj under src/. Both are in the
+#   pull_request paths of dotnet-release.yml, whose PR run builds the whole
+#   solution and runs the tests (Windows and Linux/Avalonia) and packs the
+#   libraries - that run must pass.
+# - GitHub Actions updates and any other PR that changes .github/ are never
+#   merged automatically (guard of the reusable workflow) - merge by hand.
+#
+# Release: the NuGet commit prefix is "deps(dotnet)", which the
+# semantic-release config maps to a PATCH release. The merge itself is made
+# with GITHUB_TOKEN and starts no push workflow, so the release follows with
+# the next push to main that is not made by that token, or a manual run of
+# dotnet-release.yml.
+# =============================================================================
+
+name: 🤖 Dependabot Maintenance
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
+
+# The reusable workflow declares no permissions of its own - the token has
+# exactly these. The three read scopes are needed in private repositories and
+# keep the workflow working should this repository ever be made private.
+permissions:
+  contents: write       # merge
+  pull-requests: write  # approve, read the PR
+  checks: read          # check runs and suites
+  statuses: read        # commit statuses
+  actions: read         # workflow runs
+
+jobs:
+  maintenance:
+    name: Auto-merge Dependabot PRs
+    uses: bauer-group/automation-templates/.github/workflows/docker-maintenance-dependabot.yml@main
+    with:
+      # The PR CI that builds and tests the update; a PR it did not run for
+      # stays open as "not tested".
+      required-workflows: .github/workflows/dotnet-release.yml
+      merge-method: 'squash'
+      auto-approve: true
+      # Patch updates only. Below 1.0.0 a minor update (0.3.1 -> 0.4.0) and a
+      # 0.0.z patch update count as major and stay open for review; in a
+      # grouped update the strictest dependency decides.
+      merge-update-types: 'patch'
+    secrets: inherit