delta/libgit2.git/script/backport.sh, branch ethomson/test_https github.com: libgit2/libgit2.git scripts: add backporting script 2018-01-12T11:10:00+00:00 Patrick Steinhardt ps@pks.im 2018-01-12T11:02:19+00:00 0b3d85925751c2b3fd49effa50f7bd7b558b4926 This adds a simple script for backporting pull requests to older branches. It accepts as parameters a list of pull request numbers which whose commits are to be cherry-picked. The identification of PRs currently happens by using the commit message of the merge of the PR, which should conform to the message "Merge pull request #<PR>". While the heuristic works in practice, we could instead also use the direct references from GitHub via "pull/#<PR>/head". This requires the user to have all these references fetched, though, so we can just use the current heuristic until we experience any issues with that. 
This adds a simple script for backporting pull requests to older
branches. It accepts as parameters a list of pull request numbers which
whose commits are to be cherry-picked. The identification of PRs
currently happens by using the commit message of the merge of the PR,
which should conform to the message "Merge pull request #<PR>".

While the heuristic works in practice, we could instead also use the
direct references from GitHub via "pull/#<PR>/head". This requires the
user to have all these references fetched, though, so we can just use
the current heuristic until we experience any issues with that.