From c0b30a134eaec32f04f05fadad1d8cb972439327 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MatthewMiddlehurst <m.middlehurst@uea.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2023 11:37:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] dependabot validator

---
 .github/workflows/check_dependabot.yml | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 .github/workflows/pr_opened.yml        |  1 +
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/check_dependabot.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_dependabot.yml b/.github/workflows/check_dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3dca14f4d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: dependabot validate
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - '.github/dependabot.yml'
+      - '.github/workflows/check_dependabot.yml'
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  validate-dependabot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - uses: marocchino/validate-dependabot@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_opened.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_opened.yml
index 74aaa60804..8da6e15aa1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_opened.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_opened.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 name: PR Opened
+
 on:
   pull_request_target:
     types: [opened]