cherry-pick

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Cherry-pick a commit from main to a Sui release branch, create the release PR, and report the PR URL.

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Cherry-pick to Release Branch

Cherry-picks a commit from main to a release branch and creates a PR.

Usage

/cherry-pick <commit-sha> <release-version>

Example: /cherry-pick abc123 1.64

Arguments

$ARGUMENTS should contain two space-separated values:

The commit SHA to cherry-pick
The release version number (e.g., "1.64" or "1.65")

Instructions

Parse the arguments to extract the commit SHA and release version. If arguments are missing or unclear, ask the user for clarification.

Execute the following steps:

1. Validate the commit exists

git show --oneline --no-patch <commit-sha>

Save the commit message for use in the PR title.

2. Fetch and checkout the release branch

The release branch naming convention is releases/sui-v<version>.0-release.

git fetch origin releases/sui-v<version>.0-release
git checkout releases/sui-v<version>.0-release

3. Cherry-pick the commit

git cherry-pick <commit-sha>

If there are conflicts:

Inform the user about the conflicts
Help them resolve the conflicts if they want
After resolution, run git cherry-pick --continue

4. Create a branch for the PR

Use the naming convention cherry-pick-<short-sha>-to-<version>:

git checkout -b cherry-pick-<short-sha>-to-<version>

5. Push the branch

git push -u origin cherry-pick-<short-sha>-to-<version>

6. Create the PR

Create a PR targeting the release branch:

gh pr create --base releases/sui-v<version>.0-release \
  --title "[<version>] <original-commit-message>" \
  --body "## Summary
Cherry-pick of <original-pr-link-if-available> to the <version> release branch.

Original commit: <full-commit-sha>"

7. Return to main

git checkout main

8. Report the PR URL to the user

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