# Automatically cherry-pick merged PRs to the latest release branch when the

# "cherry-pick" label is applied. Works whether the label is added before or

# after the PR is merged.

#

# Usage:

# 1. Add the "cherry-pick" label to a PR targeting main.

# 2. When the PR merges (or if already merged), the workflow detects the

# latest release/* branch and opens a cherry-pick PR against it.

#

# The created PRs follow existing repo conventions:

# - Branch: backport/<pr>-to-<version>

# - Title: <original PR title> (#<pr>)

# - Body: links back to the original PR and merge commit

name: Cherry-pick to release

on:

pull_request_target:

branches:

- main

types:

- closed

- labeled

permissions:

contents: write

pull-requests: write

# Prevent duplicate runs for the same PR when both 'closed' and 'labeled'

# fire in quick succession.

concurrency:

group: cherry-pick-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}

jobs:

cherry-pick:

name: Cherry-pick to latest release

if: >

github.event.pull_request.merged == true &&

contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'cherry-pick')

runs-on: ubuntu-latest

env:

PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}

PR_TITLE: ${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}

PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}

MERGE_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.merge_commit_sha }}

SENDER: ${{ github.event.sender.login }}

steps:

- uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2

with:

# Full history required for cherry-pick and branch discovery.

fetch-depth: 0

persist-credentials: false

- name: Cherry-pick and open PR

env:

GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

run: |

set -euo pipefail

# Configure git to authenticate pushes with the job token

# since persist-credentials is disabled on checkout.

git remote set-url origin "https://x-access-token:${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git"

# Find the latest release branch matching the exact release/2.X

# pattern (no suffixes like release/2.31_hotfix).

RELEASE_BRANCH=$(

git branch -r \

| grep -E '^\s*origin/release/2\.[0-9]+$' \

| sed 's|.*origin/||' \

| sort -t. -k2 -n -r \

| head -1

)

if [ -z "$RELEASE_BRANCH" ]; then

echo "::error::No release branch found."

exit 1

fi

# Strip the release/ prefix for naming.

VERSION="${RELEASE_BRANCH#release/}"

BACKPORT_BRANCH="backport/${PR_NUMBER}-to-${VERSION}"

echo "Target branch: $RELEASE_BRANCH"

echo "Backport branch: $BACKPORT_BRANCH"

# Check if backport branch already exists (idempotency for re-runs).

if git ls-remote --exit-code origin "refs/heads/${BACKPORT_BRANCH}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then

echo "Branch ${BACKPORT_BRANCH} already exists, skipping."

exit 0

fi

git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"

git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"

# Create the backport branch from the target release branch.

git checkout -b "$BACKPORT_BRANCH" "origin/${RELEASE_BRANCH}"

# Cherry-pick the merge commit. Use -x to record provenance and

# -m1 to pick the first parent (the main branch side).

CONFLICT=false

if ! git cherry-pick -x -m1 "$MERGE_SHA"; then

CONFLICT=true

echo "::warning::Cherry-pick to ${RELEASE_BRANCH} had conflicts."

# Abort the failed cherry-pick and create an empty commit with

# instructions so the PR can still be opened.

git cherry-pick --abort

git commit --allow-empty -m "cherry-pick of #${PR_NUMBER} failed — resolve conflicts manually

Cherry-pick of ${MERGE_SHA} onto ${RELEASE_BRANCH} had conflicts.

To resolve:

git fetch origin ${BACKPORT_BRANCH}

git checkout ${BACKPORT_BRANCH}

git cherry-pick -x -m1 ${MERGE_SHA}

# resolve conflicts

git push origin ${BACKPORT_BRANCH}"

fi

git push origin "$BACKPORT_BRANCH"

BODY=$(cat <<EOF

Cherry-pick of ${PR_URL}

Original PR: #${PR_NUMBER} — ${PR_TITLE}

Merge commit: ${MERGE_SHA}

Requested by: @${SENDER}

EOF

)

TITLE="${PR_TITLE} (#${PR_NUMBER})"

if [ "$CONFLICT" = true ]; then

TITLE="[CONFLICT] ${TITLE}"

fi

# Check if a PR already exists for this branch (idempotency

# for re-runs). Use --state all to catch closed/merged PRs too.

EXISTING_PR=$(gh pr list --head "$BACKPORT_BRANCH" --base "$RELEASE_BRANCH" --state all --json number --jq '.[0].number // empty')

if [ -n "$EXISTING_PR" ]; then

echo "PR #${EXISTING_PR} already exists for ${BACKPORT_BRANCH}, skipping."

exit 0

fi

NEW_PR_URL=$(

gh pr create \

--base "$RELEASE_BRANCH" \

--head "$BACKPORT_BRANCH" \

--title "$TITLE" \

--body "$BODY" \

--assignee "$SENDER" \

--reviewer "$SENDER"

)

# Comment on the original PR to notify the author.

COMMENT="Cherry-pick PR created: ${NEW_PR_URL}"

if [ "$CONFLICT" = true ]; then

COMMENT="${COMMENT} (⚠️ conflicts need manual resolution)"

fi

gh pr comment "$PR_NUMBER" --body "$COMMENT"