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backport action: document the workflow

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Domen Kožar 2021-05-25 09:47:33 +02:00
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@ -248,6 +248,8 @@ For cherry-picking a commit to a stable release branch (“backporting”), use
Add a reason for the backport by using `git cherry-pick -xe <original commit>` instead when it is not obvious from the original commit message. It is not needed when it's a minor version update that includes security and bug fixes but don't add new features or when the commit fixes an otherwise broken package.
For backporting Pull Requests to stable branches, assign label `backport <branch>` to the original Pull Requests and automation should take care of the rest once the Pull Requests is merged.
Here is an example of a cherry-picked commit message with good reason description:
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