From 522908083cada44a77e7046c6248a028614811cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Martinez <victormartinezrubio@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 12:15:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ci: fix branch creation and mergify file (#4391)

---
 .github/Makefile                        | 27 +++++++++++++------------
 .github/workflows/run-minor-release.yml |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/Makefile b/.github/Makefile
index a53bf68725..7aa3e03d15 100644
--- a/.github/Makefile
+++ b/.github/Makefile
@@ -38,23 +38,23 @@ create-next-release: prepare-next-release create-prs-next-release
 .PHONY: update-labels
 update-labels:
 	echo '  - name: backport patches to $(PROJECT_MAJOR_VERSION).$(PROJECT_MINOR_VERSION) branch' >> ../.mergify.yml
-	echo '    conditions:'                  >> ../.mergify.yml
-	echo '      - merged'                   >> ../.mergify.yml
-	echo '      - base=main'                >> ../.mergify.yml
-	echo '      - label=backport-$(PROJECT_MAJOR_VERSION).$(PROJECT_MINOR_VERSION)' >> .mergify.yml
-	echo '    actions:'                     >>	../.mergify.yml
-	echo '      backport:'                  >>	../.mergify.yml
-	echo '        assignees:'               >>	../.mergify.yml
-	echo '          - "{{ author }}"'       >>	../.mergify.yml
-	echo '        labels:'                  >>	../.mergify.yml
-	echo '          - "backport"'           >>	../.mergify.yml
-	echo '        branches:'                >>	../.mergify.yml
-	echo '          - "$(PROJECT_MAJOR_VERSION).$(PROJECT_MINOR_VERSION)"' >>	../.mergify.yml
+	echo '    conditions:'                                                          >> ../.mergify.yml
+	echo '      - merged'                                                           >> ../.mergify.yml
+	echo '      - label=backport-$(PROJECT_MAJOR_VERSION).$(PROJECT_MINOR_VERSION)' >> ../.mergify.yml
+	echo '    actions:'                                                            	>>	../.mergify.yml
+	echo '      backport:'                                                          >>	../.mergify.yml
+	echo '        assignees:'                                                       >>	../.mergify.yml
+	echo '          - "{{ author }}"'                                               >>	../.mergify.yml
+	echo '        labels:'                                                          >>	../.mergify.yml
+	echo '          - "backport"'                                                   >>	../.mergify.yml
+	echo '        branches:'                                                        >>	../.mergify.yml
+	echo '          - "$(PROJECT_MAJOR_VERSION).$(PROJECT_MINOR_VERSION)"'          >>	../.mergify.yml
 	echo '        title: "[{{ destination_branch }}](backport #{{ number }}) {{ title }}"' >> ../.mergify.yml
 
 ## @help:prepare-major-minor-release:Prepare a major/minor release by creating a new branch reference.
 .PHONY: prepare-major-minor-release
 prepare-major-minor-release:
+	git checkout 8.x
 	git checkout -b $(RELEASE_BRANCH)
 
 ## @help:create-branch-major-minor-release:Pushes the changes on the project folder to the new RELEASE_BRANCH.
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ create-branch-major-minor-release:
 ## @help:prepare-next-release:Prepare the original branch for the next release cycle.
 .PHONY: prepare-next-release
 prepare-next-release:
+	git checkout main
 	git checkout -b $(BACKPORT_BRANCH_NAME)
 	$(MAKE) update-labels
 	$(MAKE) git-diff
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ create-prs-next-release:
 	gh pr create \
 		--title "backport: Add backport-$(PROJECT_MAJOR_VERSION).$(PROJECT_MINOR_VERSION) label" \
 		--body "Merge as soon as $(PROJECT_MAJOR_VERSION).$(PROJECT_MINOR_VERSION) branch was created." \
-		--base 8.x \
+		--base main \
 		--label 'Team:Automation' || echo "There are no changes"
 
 ## Diff output
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-minor-release.yml b/.github/workflows/run-minor-release.yml
index 33e12ef0f8..4389dfb24e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-minor-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-minor-release.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # as long as we are using 8.x we need to fetch main and 8.x branches
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set github config
         run: |