Update the update script

.gitlab/update.yml

@@ -40,16 +40,18 @@ create_pr:
   script:
     - test -z ${DO_UPDATE} && { echo "No updates required. Not creating PR"; exit 0; }
     - >-
-      CREATE_MR=$(gitlab project-merge-request create
+      CREATE_MR="$(gitlab project-merge-request create
       --remote-source-branch true
       --project-id ${CI_PROJECT_ID}
       --source-branch "${BRANCH}"
       --target-branch "main"
-      --title "Update ISO checksums"
+      --title "Update ISO checksums")"
     - IID=${CREATE_MR#* }
-    - >-
-      gitlab project-merge-request merge
-      --project-id ${CI_PROJECT_ID}
-      --iid ${IID}
-      --merge-when-pipeline-succeeds true
-    - echo "PR set to auto-merge if build succeeds"
+    # Auto-merge through the REST API throws an error, and I can't get it to work through the
+    # GraphQL API either. There it doesn't return an error, but the auto-merge does not happen
+    #- >-
+      #gitlab project-merge-request merge
+      #--project-id ${CI_PROJECT_ID}
+      #--iid ${IID}
+      #--merge-when-pipeline-succeeds true
+    #- echo "PR set to auto-merge if build succeeds"