From 11d21d63b3c38b383b87363ee70b32e899a05747 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wes Haggard <weshaggard@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2023 14:04:59 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Enable auto-merge for release note automated PRs

---
 eng/pipelines/template/steps/generate-releasenotes.yml | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/eng/pipelines/template/steps/generate-releasenotes.yml b/eng/pipelines/template/steps/generate-releasenotes.yml
index 4e5feb013..b0e9ca65b 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/template/steps/generate-releasenotes.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/template/steps/generate-releasenotes.yml
@@ -115,3 +115,11 @@ steps:
         PRBody: "This is an automated pull request to gather the ${{ repo.value.Language }} release notes for the $(ReleasePeriod) release. See [Producing Release Notes](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk/blob/main/docs/policies/releasenotes.md#producing-release-notes) for details of the processing."
         WorkingDirectory: $(AzureSDKReleaseNotesClonePath)
         ScriptDirectory: $(AzureSDKToolsScriptsPath)
+
+    - pwsh: |
+        gh pr merge $(Submitted.PullRequest.Number) --auto --squash
+      condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['HasChanges'], 'true'))
+      displayName: Apply AutoMerge to Pull Request
+      workingDirectory: $(AzureSDKReleaseNotesClonePath)
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: $(azuresdk-github-pat)