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Support backport PRs in changelog-draft

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
release

Research direction

Start with src/backport.js at the linked line to understand the predictable cherry-pick PR format, then locate the changelog-draft entry point. Confirm that matching backport PRs use the original PR description instead, and verify the behavior with the project's available checks.

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Description

backport creates cherry-pick PRs with a predictable format:

https://github.com/mapbox/github-release-tools/blob/20ca6c1ddfa321a2b3de9de81d18e30e316c3100/src/backport.js#L31

changelog-draft can use this to identify such PRs and use the original PR description instead.

cc @jfirebaugh

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JavaScript
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