From 787643d7b28898cc0cb2d91e483567503369d4c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karen Metts <35154725+karenzone@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 13:51:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add 8.16 branch to backport and mergify configs (#1385)

---
 .backportrc.json |  2 +-
 .mergify.yml     | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.backportrc.json b/.backportrc.json
index 781a234b0..a6942f35f 100644
--- a/.backportrc.json
+++ b/.backportrc.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "repoOwner": "elastic",
   "repoName": "ingest-docs",
-  "targetBranchChoices": ["main", "8.x","8.15","8.14","8.13","8.12", "8.11", "8.10", "8.9", "8.8", "8.7", "8.6", "7.17"],
+  "targetBranchChoices": ["main", "8.x","8.16","8.15","8.14","8.13","8.12", "8.11", "8.10", "8.9", "8.8", "8.7", "8.6", "7.17"],
   "autoMerge": true,
   "autoMergeMethod": "squash",
   "branchLabelMapping": {
diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index dc9f9b523..e0116854a 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,20 @@ pull_request_rules:
         title: "[{{ destination_branch }}] {{ title }} (backport #{{ number }})"
         labels:
           - backport
+  - name: backport patches to 8.16 branch
+    conditions:
+      - merged
+      - base=main
+      - label=backport-8.16
+    actions:
+      backport:
+        assignees:
+          - "{{ author }}"
+        branches:
+          - "8.16"
+        title: "[{{ destination_branch }}] {{ title }} (backport #{{ number }})"
+        labels:
+          - backport
   - name: backport patches to 8.15 branch
     conditions:
       - merged