Skip changelog enforcement for bot PRs

.drone.yml

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ steps:
 - name: changelog
   image: golang:1.13
   commands:
-    - make check-changelog-drone
+    - make check-changelog-drone PR_CREATOR="$(git show -s --format='%cN' $DRONE_COMMIT)"
 
 - name: license-check
   image: golang:1.13

.github/config.yml

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ updateDocsWhiteList:
   - Tests-only
   - tests-only
   - Tests-Only
+  - Build-deps
 
 updateDocsTargetFiles:
   - changelog/unreleased/

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ updates:
   directory: "/"
   schedule:
     interval: daily
+  commit-message:
+    prefix: "[Build-deps]"
   open-pull-requests-limit: 10
   reviewers:
   - ishank011

Makefile

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ check-changelog:
 	go run tools/check-changelog/main.go
 
 check-changelog-drone:
-	go run tools/check-changelog/main.go -repo origin
+	go run tools/check-changelog/main.go -repo origin -user "$(PR_CREATOR)"
 
 # to be run in CI platform
 ci: build-ci test  lint-ci

changelog/unreleased/changelog-skip-bots.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Enhancement: Skip changelog enforcement for bot PRs.
+
+https://github.com/cs3org/reva/pull/979

tools/check-changelog/main.go

@@ -28,8 +28,16 @@ import (
 
 func main() {
 	repo := flag.String("repo", "", "the remote repo against which diff-index is to be derived")
+	user := flag.String("user", "", "the user who created the PR")
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	log.Print("PR created by: " + *user)
+	// Skip changelog check for PRs created by bots
+	if *user == "dependabot[bot]" {
+		log.Print("Skipping changelog check")
+		return
+	}
+
 	branch := "master"
 	if *repo != "" {
 		branch = *repo + "/master"