merge: integrate remote dependabot/submodule bump history into infra-only repo

.github/dependabot-auto-merge.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: Dependabot Auto-Merge
+on: pull_request
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  auto-merge:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]'
+    steps:
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PR
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -1,21 +1,18 @@
-# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
-# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
-# Please see the documentation for more information:
-# https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
-# https://containers.dev/guide/dependabot
-
 version: 2
 updates:
-  - package-ecosystem: 'devcontainers'
-    directory: '/'
+  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
+    directory: "/"
     schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-
-  - package-ecosystem: 'github-actions'
-    directory: '/'
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
+      interval: "daily"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
     groups:
-      github-actions:
-        patterns:
-          - '*'
+      production:
+        dependency-type: "production"
+        update-types:
+          - "minor"
+          - "patch"
+      development:
+        dependency-type: "development"
+        update-types:
+          - "minor"
+          - "patch"