opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/.github/workflows/backport.yml

name: Backport
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      number:
        description: "The pull request # to backport"
        required: true

jobs:
  backport:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          # history is needed to run git cherry-pick below
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Set git user
        run: .github/scripts/set-git-user.sh

      - name: Create pull request
        env:
          NUMBER: ${{ github.event.inputs.number }}
          # not using the default GITHUB_TOKEN because pull requests generated by it do not run any workflows
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BOT_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          commit=$(gh pr view $NUMBER --json mergeCommit --jq .mergeCommit.oid)
          title=$(gh pr view $NUMBER --json title --jq .title)
          url=$(gh pr view $NUMBER --json url --jq .url)

          branch="backport-${NUMBER}-to-${GITHUB_REF_NAME//\//-}"

          git cherry-pick $commit
          git push origin HEAD:$branch
          gh pr create --title "[$GITHUB_REF_NAME] $title" \
                       --body "Clean cherry-pick of #$NUMBER to the \`$GITHUB_REF_NAME\` branch." \
                       --head $branch \
                       --base $GITHUB_REF_NAME