Backport is a JavaScript GitHub Action to backport a pull request by simply adding a label to it.
It can backport rebased and merged pull requests with a single commit and squashed and merged pull requests. It thus integrates well with Autosquash.
- π Add this .github/workflows/backport.yml to your repository.
- π¬ Let's say you want to backport a pull request on a branch named
production
. Then label it withbackport production
. (See how to create labels.) - β¨ That's it! When the pull request gets merged, it will be backported to the
production
branch. If the pull request cannot be backported, a comment explaining why will automatically be posted.
Note: multiple backport labels can be added.
For example, if a pull request has the labels backport staging
and backport production
it will be backported to both branches: staging
and production
.