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+# Excavator auto-updates this file. Please contribute improvements to the central template.
+
+auto-label:
+  names:
+    versions-props/upgrade-all: [ "merge when ready" ]
+    circleci/manage-circleci: [ "merge when ready" ]
+  tags:
+    donotmerge: [ "do not merge" ]
+    roomba: [ "merge when ready", "🤖 fix nits" ]
+    automerge: [ "merge when ready", "🤖 fix nits" ]
+    standards: [ "merge when ready", "🤖 fix nits" ]
+    autorelease: [ "autorelease" ]