e fix issue with auto-merge

Author: LarsEckart

Diff for: .github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -41,12 +41,7 @@ jobs:
           github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' &&
           github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         run: |
-          if [[ -z "${GITHUB_TOKEN}" ]]; then
-            gh pr merge --auto --rebase "$PR_URL"
-          else
-            echo 'if you want github to automatically merge pull requests from dependdabot, you need to create a' 
-            echo 'personal access token (public_repo) and assign it to setings -> secrets -> dependabot -> GH_ACTION_TOKEN'
-          fi
+          ./merge_dependabot.sh
         env:
           PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
           # this secret needs to be in the settings.secrets.dependabot

Diff for: merge_dependabot.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+gh pr merge --auto --rebase "$PR_URL"
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+then
+    echo 'if you want github to automatically merge pull requests from dependabot, you need to create a'
+    echo 'personal access token (public_repo) and assign it to settings -> secrets -> dependabot -> GH_ACTION_TOKEN'
+fi
+