Allow dependabot to run workflows (#196)

* Add dependabot .yml and pin broken dependencies

* Fix pandas dependency

* Add exception to dependabot to run workflows

Author: staadecker

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ jobs:
           username: ${{ github.triggering_actor }}
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      # If neither has permissions and no 'safe to test' label throw error
+      # If neither has permissions and no 'safe to test' label and not dependabot throw error
       - name: Check User Permission
-        if: steps.checkAccess.outputs.require-result == 'false' && steps.checkTriggeringAccess.outputs.require-result == 'false' && !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'safe to test')
+        if: steps.checkAccess.outputs.require-result == 'false' && steps.checkTriggeringAccess.outputs.require-result == 'false' && !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'safe to test') && (github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]')
         shell: bash
         run: |
           echo "${{ github.triggering_actor }} does not have permissions on this repo."