From f67daa4a8700d616e40cf7a942cd6eb051552bc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 10:27:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Bump version

---
 .version | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.version b/.version
index bafceb320..7cca401c7 100644
--- a/.version
+++ b/.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.31.0
+2.32.0

From f5e09d9b589cf194c38de949bc3d66e92a65f304 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 10:28:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update mergify.yml

---
 .mergify.yml | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index f49144113..1c220045a 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -161,3 +161,14 @@ pull_request_rules:
         labels:
           - automatic backport
           - merge-queue
+
+  - name: backport patches to 2.31
+    conditions:
+      - label=backport 2.31-maintenance
+    actions:
+      backport:
+        branches:
+          - "2.31-maintenance"
+        labels:
+          - automatic backport
+          - merge-queue

From adec28bf85048fa9f54214eecf2cc818de4745a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 10:30:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update release-process.md

---
 maintainers/release-process.md | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/maintainers/release-process.md b/maintainers/release-process.md
index d2dba76d3..790618b7f 100644
--- a/maintainers/release-process.md
+++ b/maintainers/release-process.md
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ release:
 
   Commit and push this to the maintenance branch.
 
+* Create a backport label.
+
 * Bump the version of `master`:
 
   ```console
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@ release:
   $ git pull
   $ NEW_VERSION=2.13.0
   $ echo $NEW_VERSION > .version
+  $ ... edit .mergify.yml to add the previous version ...
   $ git checkout -b bump-$NEW_VERSION
   $ git commit -a -m 'Bump version'
   $ git push --set-upstream origin bump-$NEW_VERSION
@@ -147,10 +150,6 @@ release:
 
   Make a pull request and auto-merge it.
 
-* Create a backport label.
-
-* Add the new backport label to `.mergify.yml`.
-
 * Post an [announcement on Discourse](https://discourse.nixos.org/c/announcements/8), including the contents of
   `rl-$VERSION.md`.