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author | Tim Smith <tsmith@chef.io> | 2018-06-06 20:58:25 -0700 |
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committer | Tim Smith <tsmith@chef.io> | 2018-06-06 20:58:25 -0700 |
commit | d6a1676c9cf5ca45305faa6b839e51fed4989e6e (patch) | |
tree | a3b6c5a1afd8b08274a2680d6eced236ddc8d6c2 /README.md | |
parent | 7873d4ee005a5e9ecb78b38e3ea259f94e5bbee8 (diff) | |
download | chef-d6a1676c9cf5ca45305faa6b839e51fed4989e6e.tar.gz |
Fix some of the backport guide
I reused the regression guide and that showed
Signed-off-by: Tim Smith <tsmith@chef.io>
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@@ -177,13 +177,13 @@ We develop and ship the current release of Chef off the master branch of this re If there is a critical fix you believe should be backported from master to a stable branch please follow these steps to backport your change: 1. Ask in the #chef-dev channel on [Chef Community Slack](https://community-slack.chef.io/) if this is an appropriate change to backport. -3. Inspect the Git history and find the `SHA` associated with the Merge Commit for the Pull Request above. -4. Apply the fix for the regression via a cherry-pick: - 1. Check out the stable release tag: `git checkout chef-13` +3. Inspect the Git history and find the `SHA`(s) associated with the fix. +4. Backport the fix to a branch via cherry-pick: + 1. Check out the stable release branch: `git checkout chef-13` 1. Create a branch for your backport: `git checkout -b my_great_bug_packport` 2. Cherry Pick the SHA with the fix: `git cherry-pick SHA` 3. Address any conflicts (if necessary) - 5. Push the new tag to origin: `git push origin` + 5. Push the new branch to your origin: `git push origin` 5. Open a PR for your backport 1. The PR title should be `Backport: ORIGINAL_PR_TEXT` 2. The description should link to the original PR and include a description of why it needs to be backported |