Use WORKFLOW_PAT where appropriate to ensure auto-merge can be applied#353
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This PR switches the Dependabot auto-merge workflow to use WORKFLOW_PAT instead of GITHUB_TOKEN to resolve permission issues when enabling auto-merge on protected branches. The change eliminates the need for extensive error handling around the "not authorized for this protected branch" error that occurred when using GITHUB_TOKEN with pull_request_target.
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- Replaced
secrets.GITHUB_TOKENwithsecrets.WORKFLOW_PATfor the auto-merge operation - Removed error handling and documentation comments related to GITHUB_TOKEN permission restrictions
- Simplified error message pattern matching to exclude the "not authorized" case
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