open-telemetry / open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python

Use matching branch names for Prs created from prepare release workflow

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build & infra feature-request
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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem?

For PRs that are created automatically as part of the prepare-release-branch.yml workflow, we use specific release branch names. As part of making the tests pass, maintainers must manually update the SHA. Investigate the possibility of using specific branch names so we can change the SHAs programatically as part of the prepare-release workflow instead of having to change it manually. One PR will most likely fail due to the corresponding branch in the other repo might not be created yet, but a simple rerun should most likely make builds pass.

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Research direction

Start with .github/workflows/prepare-release-branch.yml around line 70 and inspect PR 4246 for the current automatically created release branches and manual SHA updates. Trace how the workflow names branches and updates SHAs across the related repository. Done means the workflow can use matching branch names and update the SHAs programmatically, with reruns handling a branch that was not initially available.

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Assessment

Tech stack
github-actions, python
Domain
ci-cd, release
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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