dart-backport-pr
SkillDev toolsDART Backport PR: backport a merged main PR to a release branch
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What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by dartsim/dart in .agents/skills/dart-backport-pr/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Use this skill in Codex to run the DART dart-backport-pr workflow. The editable
workflow source lives in .claude/commands/; this file is its generated adapter
in the shared .agents/skills/ catalog.
Invocation
- Claude Code/OpenCode:
/dart-backport-pr <arguments> - Codex:
$dart-backport-pr <arguments>
Treat the text after the skill name as $ARGUMENTS. When the workflow
references $1, $2, etc., map those to the positional values supplied by the
user.
Command Body
Backport PR or commits: $ARGUMENTS
Required Reading
@AGENTS.md @docs/onboarding/contributing.md @docs/onboarding/release-management.md @docs/onboarding/changelog.md
Workflow
For a source change that depends on 3D structure or behavior, use the target
branch's dart-verify-sim workflow to preserve the text oracle and assessed
visual evidence, or record why the target branch cannot render the claim.
- Verify the source PR or commit is merged to
main:gh pr view <SOURCE_PR> --json state,mergedAt,baseRefName,mergeCommit - Check whether an equivalent change already exists on the release branch:
git fetch origin <RELEASE_BRANCH> main git cherry -v --abbrev=40 origin/<RELEASE_BRANCH> origin/main | grep <COMMIT_HASH> - For AI-infra or workflow-doc backports, compare the release branch capability
inventory and adapter directories against
main. If the release branch has a smaller workflow surface, adapt to the release branch instead of importing main-only workflows. - Create a release branch from the release target without resetting an
existing local branch:
BRANCH=backport/<SOURCE_PR>-to-<RELEASE_BRANCH> if git show-ref --verify --quiet "refs/heads/$BRANCH"; then if [ -n "$(git status --short)" ] || [ "$(git rev-parse "$BRANCH")" \ != "$(git rev-parse "origin/<RELEASE_BRANCH>")" ]; then echo "existing $BRANCH is dirty or diverges from the release tip" >&2 exit 1 # stop and ask before resetting or cherry-picking onto it fi git switch "$BRANCH" else git switch --no-track -c "$BRANCH" origin/<RELEASE_BRANCH> fi - Cherry-pick with provenance:
git cherry-pick -x <COMMIT_HASH>. - Resolve conflicts minimally; stop and ask if conflicts are broad or change behavior.
- Run
/dart-changelog decideor$dart-changelog decideagainst the backport diff and release target before opening the backport PR. If an entry is required but needs the backport PR number, draft the decision and keep the finalize/update follow-up local until explicit approval permits another push. Do not skip the changelog decision just because this is a backport. - Run
pixi run lintand the smallest relevant release-branch checks. - Ask for explicit maintainer/user approval before pushing or opening the PR. After approval, open the PR against the release branch with milestone matching that release branch and use the PR template.
Output
- Backport PR URL
- Source PR/commit
- Conflicts resolved, if any
- Changelog decision
- Checks run and CI status
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 1k
- Forks
- 304
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
Advanced
- Catalog kind
- skill
- Gateway key
dart-backport-pr- Source
- github.com/dartsim/dart