fix: target correct base branch for docker-versions PR#1848
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gounthar merged 2 commits intoNov 14, 2025
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The workflow was creating PRs against the default branch (main) instead of the branch where it was running. When running on weekly, this caused PRs trying to merge the entire weekly history into main. Now extracts the current branch from GITHUB_REF and uses it as the base branch for the PR, ensuring docker-versions updates stay on the same branch.
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Summary
Fixes the docker-versions-update workflow to create PRs against the correct base branch instead of always targeting main.
Problem
PR #1847 demonstrates the issue: the workflow runs on the
weeklybranch, creates adocker-versions-updatebranch from weekly, but then creates a PR targetingmain(the repo's default branch). This results in a PR trying to merge the entire weekly branch history into main - hundreds of commits that should never be merged.Root Cause
In
.github/workflows/github-docker-registry-push.yml, the step "Commit and create PR for Docker versions" uses:Without specifying
--base, this defaults to the repository's default branch (main), regardless of which branch the workflow is running on.Solution
Extract the current branch from
GITHUB_REFand explicitly pass it as the base branch:This ensures docker-versions updates create PRs back to the same branch they're running on (weekly→weekly, main→main, etc.).
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