From 71994740eaa896d211f85a0756ed8db57618a572 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Janeen Mikell Roberts <57149392+jmikell821@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:51:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update .mergify.yml

---
 .mergify.yml | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index 52352bba3c..6155a6d011 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,20 @@ pull_request_rules:
             git merge upstream/{{base}}
             git push upstream {{head}}
             ```
+  - name: backport patches to 8.16 branch
+    conditions:
+      - merged
+      - base=main
+      - label=v8.16.0
+    actions:
+      backport:
+        assignees:
+          - "{{ author }}"
+        branches:
+          - "8.x"
+        title: "[{{ destination_branch }}] {{ title }} (backport #{{ number }})"
+        labels:
+          - backport
   - name: backport patches to 8.15 branch
     conditions:
       - merged

From 71a7f361aeaa92617e25376ad9b75417fd3de855 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Janeen Mikell Roberts <57149392+jmikell821@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:05:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update .mergify.yml

Changing `8.x` to `8.16`.

Co-authored-by: Nastasha Solomon <79124755+nastasha-solomon@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .mergify.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index 6155a6d011..f366ec660b 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pull_request_rules:
         assignees:
           - "{{ author }}"
         branches:
-          - "8.x"
+          - "8.16"
         title: "[{{ destination_branch }}] {{ title }} (backport #{{ number }})"
         labels:
           - backport