I developed this on a little mini repo, I'm pretty sure it works: https://github.com/jackkoenig/test-on-release

Now whenever a release is created, this action will automatically open PRs to check binary compatibility on any stable branches that include the particular tag. This does include main which can be useful for using main as a major release branch.

Contributor Checklist

• [NA] Did you add Scaladoc to every public function/method?
• Did you add at least one test demonstrating the PR?
• Did you delete any extraneous printlns/debugging code?
• Did you specify the type of improvement?
• Did you add appropriate documentation in docs/src?
• Did you request a desired merge strategy?
• Did you add text to be included in the Release Notes for this change?

Type of Improvement

• Internal or build-related (includes code refactoring/cleanup)

Desired Merge Strategy

• Squash

Release Notes

Reviewer Checklist (only modified by reviewer)

• Did you add the appropriate labels? (Select the most appropriate one based on the "Type of Improvement")
• Did you mark the proper milestone (Bug fix: 3.5.x or 3.6.x depending on impact, API modification or big change: 5.0.0)?
• Did you review?
• Did you check whether all relevant Contributor checkboxes have been checked?
• Did you do one of the following when ready to merge:
  • Squash: You/ the contributor Enable auto-merge (squash), clean up the commit message, and label with Please Merge.
  • Merge: Ensure that contributor has cleaned up their commit history, then merge with Create a merge commit.