chore(blender): dry-run automerge to stop endless re-approvals - #20996
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fxa has no required status checks, so approved Dependabot PRs go clean immediately and GitHub won't arm auto-merge; BLEnder re-approves each safe PR every sweep (e.g. postcss PR #20923 collected ~30 approvals). Dry-run keeps BLEnder installed but stops it posting reviews. Revert once mozilla/blender#120 lands.
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This PR updates the repository’s BLEnder configuration to disable real automerge actions by enabling an automerge dry-run mode, preventing repeated automated approvals on Dependabot PRs in a repo without required status checks.
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- Enables
automerge.dry_run: truein.blender/blender.yml. - Adds inline documentation explaining the GitHub auto-merge limitation and when to revert the setting.
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Because: fxa has no required status checks, so an approved Dependabot PR goes "clean" immediately and GitHub refuses to arm auto-merge. BLEnder then re-approves each safe PR every sweep — approvals pile up as noise (postcss #20923 hit ~30). Dry-run keeps BLEnder installed and evaluating, but stops it posting reviews.
This PR: Sets
automerge.dry_run: truefor BLEnder on fxa, which will silence the incessant comments.Auto-merge can't actually complete on fxa today anyway. Revert once mozilla/blender#120 (idempotent approval + direct-merge when clean) lands.