From fcbe4d62d66cb4a5d46ff9c5004af1a80a5f6976 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Akhil Narang <me@akhilnarang.dev>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:29:19 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] chore: setup release CI and mergify for version-16 (#35859)

Signed-off-by: Akhil Narang <me@akhilnarang.dev>
---
 .github/workflows/initiate_release.yml |  2 +-
 .mergify.yml                           | 49 +++++++++++++-------------
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/initiate_release.yml b/.github/workflows/initiate_release.yml
index 01b4464b69..4ddfe8bf91 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/initiate_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/initiate_release.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        version: ["14", "15"]
+        version: ["14", "15", "16"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: octokit/request-action@v2.x
diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index 66160a79e4..527d33b9ab 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -2,24 +2,24 @@ pull_request_rules:
   - name: Auto-close PRs on stable branch
     conditions:
       - and:
-        - and:
-          - author!=surajshetty3416
-          - author!=deepeshgarg007
-          - author!=ankush
-          - author!=frappe-pr-bot
-          - author!=mergify[bot]
-        - or:
-          - base=version-16
-          - base=version-15
-          - base=version-14
-          - base=version-13
-          - base=version-12
+          - and:
+              - author!=surajshetty3416
+              - author!=deepeshgarg007
+              - author!=ankush
+              - author!=frappe-pr-bot
+              - author!=mergify[bot]
+          - or:
+              - base=version-16
+              - base=version-15
+              - base=version-14
+              - base=version-13
+              - base=version-12
     actions:
       close:
       comment:
-          message: |
-            @{{author}}, thanks for the contribution, but we do not accept pull requests on a stable branch. Please raise PR on an appropriate hotfix branch.
-            https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/wiki/Pull-Request-Checklist#which-branch
+        message: |
+          @{{author}}, thanks for the contribution, but we do not accept pull requests on a stable branch. Please raise PR on an appropriate hotfix branch.
+          https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/wiki/Pull-Request-Checklist#which-branch
 
   - name: backport to develop
     conditions:
@@ -31,16 +31,6 @@ pull_request_rules:
         assignees:
           - "{{ author }}"
 
-  - name: backport to version-13-hotfix
-    conditions:
-      - label="backport version-13-hotfix"
-    actions:
-      backport:
-        branches:
-          - version-13-hotfix
-        assignees:
-          - "{{ author }}"
-
   - name: backport to version-14-hotfix
     conditions:
       - label="backport version-14-hotfix"
@@ -61,3 +51,12 @@ pull_request_rules:
         assignees:
           - "{{ author }}"
 
+  - name: backport to version-16-hotfix
+    conditions:
+      - label="backport version-16-hotfix"
+    actions:
+      backport:
+        branches:
+          - version-16-hotfix
+        assignees:
+          - "{{ author }}"