build(ci): improve Dependabot PR handling and expand codecov to release branches

- Add label for Dependabot PRs before auto-merging
- Update codecov workflow to run on release branches

Author: sinlov

.github/workflows/auto-merge-dependabot.yml

@@ -20,12 +20,22 @@ jobs:
         with:
           github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
 
-      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
+
+      - name: Add label for Dependabot PRs
         # Automatically merge the following dependency upgrades:
         # https://docs.github.com/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file#ignore
         if: steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor' || steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch'
         run: |
           gh pr edit "$PR_URL" --add-label "dependencies"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
+        # Automatically merge the following dependency upgrades:
+        # https://docs.github.com/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file#ignore
+        if: steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor' || steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch'
+        run: |
           gh pr merge --auto --merge '${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}'
         env:
           PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}

.github/workflows/golang-codecov.yml

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
       - '**/README.md'
     branches:
       # - 'main'
+      - 'release-*'
   pull_request:
     paths-ignore:
       - '**/README.md'