Feature/automation on docs update

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Describe the pull request:

• [x] Functional change
• [x] Build system change

Pull request long description:

Changes made:

1. we would like to auto-merge the PRs for docs update if all other actions pass and we know the actor and the branch name
2. add dependabot
3. add .gitignore file

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Documentation change:

Mentions:

I hope it works, but I am not 100% sure we might need to refine