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diff --git a/maintainers/backporting.md b/maintainers/backporting.md index fe860bc61..2424050c8 100644 --- a/maintainers/backporting.md +++ b/maintainers/backporting.md @@ -1,8 +1,12 @@ # Backporting -Backports are handled by the backport action. +To [automatically backport a pull request](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/blob/master/.github/workflows/backport.yml) to a release branch once it's merged, assign it a label of the form [`backport <branch>`](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/labels?q=backport). -Since GitHub Actions can not trigger actions, the backport PR needs to be re-triggered by another actor. This is achieved by closing and reopening the backport PR. +Since [GitHub Actions workflows will not trigger other workflows](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/triggering-a-workflow#triggering-a-workflow-from-a-workflow), checks on the automatic backport need to be triggered by another actor. +This is achieved by closing and reopening the backport pull request. -This specifically affects the `installer_test` check, but note that it only runs after the other tests, so it may take a while to appear. +This specifically affects the [`installer_test`] check. +Note that it only runs after the other tests, so it may take a while to appear. + +[`installer_test`]: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/blob/895dfc656a21f6252ddf48df0d1f215effa04ecb/.github/workflows/ci.yml#L70-L91 |