ci: Add guardrails for release backporting (#8449)

.github/workflows/check-pr-description.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ on:
       - ready_for_review
     branches:
       - develop
-      - "release-*"
       - "release/*"
       - "staging/*"
 

.github/workflows/check-pr-title.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ on:
       - ready_for_review
     branches:
       - develop
-      - "release-*"
       - "release/*"
       - "staging/*"
 

.github/workflows/check-releases-merged.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# This workflow checks that every final release on a release branch
+# has been merged back into develop, see RELEASING.md.
+name: Check releases merged
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    # 06:47 UTC every Monday.
+    - cron: "47 6 * * 1"
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - "develop"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+env:
+  OUTPUT_FILE: /tmp/releases-merged.txt
+  ISSUE_FILE: /tmp/releases-merged-issue.md
+
+jobs:
+  releases-merged:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      # Needed to open an issue on scheduled failures.
+      issues: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          # The check needs the full history of develop, the release branches and tags.
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Check releases are merged into develop
+        run: |
+          set -o pipefail
+          .github/scripts/releasing/check-releases-merged.sh origin/develop | tee "${OUTPUT_FILE}"
+
+      - name: Prepare issue body
+        if: ${{ failure() && github.event_name == 'schedule' && github.repository == 'XRPLF/rippled' }}
+        run: |
+          {
+              echo '```'
+              cat "${OUTPUT_FILE}"
+              echo '```'
+          } >"${ISSUE_FILE}"
+
+      - name: Create issue
+        if: ${{ failure() && github.event_name == 'schedule' && github.repository == 'XRPLF/rippled' }}
+        uses: XRPLF/actions/create-issue@2b8bc36af85b88bca0dd7bfac2e2dc05f94ad712
+        with:
+          title: "Releases not merged back into develop"
+          body_file: ${{ env.ISSUE_FILE }}
+          labels: "Bug"

.github/workflows/on-pr.yml

@@ -150,6 +150,27 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ needs.should-run.outputs.go == 'true' }}
     uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-check-rename.yml
 
+  # Runs regardless of the changed files.
+  # PRs into staging branches are skipped, since fixes may be cherry-picked between release lines.
+  check-release-commits:
+    needs: should-run
+    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'develop' || github.event.merge_group.base_ref == 'refs/heads/develop' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          # The check needs the full history of the release and staging branches.
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Check for copied release commits
+        env:
+          BASE: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha || github.event.merge_group.base_sha }}
+          HEAD: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.event.merge_group.head_sha }}
+        run: .github/scripts/releasing/check-no-copied-release-commits.sh "${BASE}" "${HEAD}"
+
   clang-tidy:
     needs: should-run
     if: ${{ needs.should-run.outputs.go == 'true' }}
@@ -230,6 +251,7 @@ jobs:
       - check-autogen
       - check-levelization
       - check-rename
+      - check-release-commits
       - clang-tidy
       - build-test
       - rust