Merge PR #6527: Update backport script for more control.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/dev/tools/backport-pr.sh b/dev/tools/backport-pr.sh
index 4c4dbe1e9..d7acf01f1 100755
--- a/dev/tools/backport-pr.sh
+++ b/dev/tools/backport-pr.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# Usage: dev/tools/backport-pr.sh <PR number>
+# Usage: dev/tools/backport-pr.sh <PR number> [--stop-before-merging]
 
 set -e
 
 PRNUM=$1
+OPTION=$2
 
 if ! git log master --grep "Merge PR #${PRNUM}" | grep "." > /dev/null; then
     echo "PR #${PRNUM} does not exist."
@@ -49,6 +50,10 @@ else
 
 fi
 
+if [[ "${OPTION}" == "--stop-before-merging" ]]; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 git merge -S --no-ff ${BRANCH} -m "${MESSAGE}"
 git branch -d ${BRANCH}