From 1d24ca4abb0bdea3fc3aa863f8f356ebce160523 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "neovim-backports[bot]"
 <175700243+neovim-backports[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 13:02:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] backport: fix(cliff): strip "backport:" prefix from commit
 subject (#40245)

Problem:
Backport commits may have subjects like "backport: fix(ui): ...".
(e.g. ecda67662f0f). git-cliff treats them as OTHER.

Solution:
Preprocess the subject to strip a leading "backport:" or "backport ".

(cherry picked from commit 4c3b0ecb4668444fe9234686b1c1093d90232a1f)

Co-authored-by: Justin M. Keyes <justinkz@gmail.com>
---
 scripts/cliff.toml | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/cliff.toml b/scripts/cliff.toml
index 2e495460db..4664531705 100644
--- a/scripts/cliff.toml
+++ b/scripts/cliff.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ filter_unconventional = true
 split_commits = false
 # regex for preprocessing the commit messages
 commit_preprocessors = [
-#    { pattern = '\((\w+\s)?#([0-9]+)\)', replace = "([#${2}](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/${2}))"},
+    # { pattern = '\((\w+\s)?#([0-9]+)\)', replace = "([#${2}](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/${2}))"},
+    # Strip "backport:" prefix so backported commits are not treated as OTHER.
+    { pattern = '^backport[: ]\s*', replace = "" },
 ]
 # regex for parsing and grouping commits
 commit_parsers = [