ci: auto-approve dependabot PRs for example project dependencies (#2893)

Author: mwbrooks

.github/workflows/dependencies.yml

@@ -16,13 +16,19 @@ jobs:
         with:
           github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
       - name: Approve
-        if: steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch' || steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor'
+        if: >-
+          steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch'
+          || steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor'
+          || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'area:examples')
         run: gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
         env:
           PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
           GH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
       - name: Automerge
-        if: steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch' || steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor'
+        if: >-
+          steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch'
+          || steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor'
+          || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'area:examples')
         run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
         env:
           PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}