chore: Script to create a hot fix

[brustolin]

Added a script that helps creating a hot fix from a specific version with a specific PR commit.

usage (from repo root directory):

./scripts/hot-fix.sh <version from> <new version> <commit hash>

To release 8.17.2 with #3501

./scripts/hot-fix.sh 8.17.1 8.17.2 aea5987

After running the script we need to run the release action with hotfix/<new version> branch for Use workflow from
#skip-changelog

[armcknight]

It sounds like this would be a new release process from just merging a PR to master, because we want to avoid shipping other new features along with a hotfix patch?

Could you add something to develop-docs/README.md that outlines the standard and hotfix processes?

Maybe it could also open a PR back into main after pushing to $hotfix_branch on line 22 using gh pr create, or would that be done automatically from the release job?

[brustolin]

It sounds like this would be a new release process from just merging a PR to master, because we want to avoid shipping other new features along with a hotfix patch?

From time to time, I am asked to do this, and I always forget how to. The script is designed to make it easy to create a hotfix release from one PR. This is not a process that we need to follow.

Maybe it could also open a PR back into main after pushing to $hotfix_branch on line 22 using gh pr create, or would that be done automatically from the release job?

We don't need a new PR for hotfixes, all the code should have being reviewed already.

[philipphofmann]

@brustolin, I think we should rename the script to something like create-hotfix-cherry-pick-branch.sh to avoid confusion, as it only creates the branch. I agree with @armcknight that we should add a note to the internal develop docs or explain the usage in the script.

./scripts/hot-fix.sh <version from> <new version> <commit hash>

@armcknight, there are multiple ways to create a hotfix; we don't have to use this script. You can also do the process manually. I'm okay with merging this if it makes releasing hotfixes easier for @brustolin.

[philipphofmann]

LGTM