From 486d73ca024355bbb8eeb7b1c2473d3d2bda0927 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phillip Cloud <417981+cpcloud@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:38:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] ci: allow backporting directly from the github ui

---
 .github/workflows/backport.yml | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport.yml b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
index c06ac0d120..a575779d56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backport.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
@@ -9,14 +9,25 @@ on:
     types: [closed, labeled]
     branches:
       - main
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      backport-branch:
+        description: "Branch to backport commits onto"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      pull-request:
+        description: "PR to backport"
+        required: true
+        type: number
+
 
 permissions:
   contents: write       # so it can comment
   pull-requests: write  # so it can create pull requests
 
 jobs:
-  backport:
-    name: Backport pull request
+  backport-from-pr:
+    name: Backport directly from a pull request
     if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'nvidia' &&
             github.event.pull_request.merged == true &&
             contains( github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'to-be-backported')
@@ -38,3 +49,28 @@ jobs:
           copy_labels_pattern: true
           copy_requested_reviewers: true
           target_branches: ${{ env.OLD_BRANCH }}
+  backport-to-branch:
+    name: Backport a specific PR against a specific branch
+    if: github.repository_owner == 'nvidia' && github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8  # v6.0.1
+
+      - name: Load branch from environment name
+        if: inputs.backport-branch == null
+        run: |
+          BACKPORT_BRANCH=$(yq '.backport_branch' ci/versions.yml)
+          echo "BACKPORT_BRANCH=${BRANCH}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Load branch name from input
+        if: inputs.backport-branch != null
+        run: echo "BACKPORT_BRANCH=${{ inputs.backport-branch }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Create backport pull requests
+        uses: korthout/backport-action@c656f5d5851037b2b38fb5db2691a03fa229e3b2  # v4.0.1
+        with:
+          copy_assignees: true
+          copy_labels_pattern: true
+          copy_requested_reviewers: true
+          target_branches: ${{ env.BACKPORT_BRANCH }}
+          source_pr_number: ${{ inputs.pull-request }}