docs: add backporting guide and automation#2863
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Add backporting infrastructure for cherry-picking changes across release branches: - .ai/commands/backport.md: shared AI-tool-agnostic backport instructions - .claude/commands/backport.md: Claude Code slash command wrapper - .github/workflows/microsoft-backport.yml: GH Actions workflow for /backport comments with auto-update support - docsite/docs/contributing/backporting.md: documentation page Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Add backporting infrastructure for cherry-picking changes across release branches. This includes:
.ai/commands/backport.md— Shared AI-tool-agnostic backport instructions (works with Claude Code, Copilot, or any AI assistant).claude/commands/backport.md— Claude Code/backportslash command wrapper.github/workflows/microsoft-backport.yml— GitHub Actions workflow triggered by/backport <branch>comments on PRs, with auto-update support when source PR changesdocsite/docs/contributing/backporting.md— Documentation page covering all backport methodsFeatures
/backport 0.81-stable 0.82-stableactions/create-github-app-token@v2Test plan
cd docsite && yarn start— check "Backporting" page under Contributing/backportslash command locally in Claude Code/backport 0.81-stable, verify workflow creates backport PR🤖 Generated with Claude Code