From fc71697dda8953c726d2daaecbdb0c97f4b77254 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "mergify[bot]" <37929162+mergify[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 09:37:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [Release] Modify mergify config for backporting to 8.16
 branch (#4014) (#4016)

(cherry picked from commit 6fe746a2baa371c7837dc31f326131e6fb477b05)

Co-authored-by: Shaunak Kashyap <ycombinator@gmail.com>
---
 .mergify.yml | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index f5dca1950..fd583d702 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -246,6 +246,19 @@ pull_request_rules:
         labels:
           - "backport"
         title: "[{{ destination_branch }}](backport #{{ number }}) {{ title }}"
+  - name: backport patches to 8.16 branch
+    conditions:
+      - merged
+      - label~=^(backport-v8.16.0|backport-8.16)$
+    actions:
+      backport:
+        assignees:
+          - "{{ author }}"
+        branches:
+          - "8.16"
+        labels:
+          - "backport"
+        title: "[{{ destination_branch }}](backport #{{ number }}) {{ title }}"
   - name: backport patches to 8.x branch
     conditions:
       - merged