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diff --git a/doc/contributing/submitting-changes.chapter.md b/doc/contributing/submitting-changes.chapter.md index b462caf8670..0a465020092 100644 --- a/doc/contributing/submitting-changes.chapter.md +++ b/doc/contributing/submitting-changes.chapter.md @@ -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: ``` |