From 3b1f793a0d5e4fa016d148f7931d48af50e0c506 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shaunak Kashyap <ycombinator@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:42:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [Release] Modify mergify config for backporting to 8.16
 branch (#5810)

---
 .mergify.yml | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index 9aec9904b33..03464e59e8c 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -332,6 +332,19 @@ 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