fix: skip nightly-testing merge when branch does not exist (#13308)

This PR makes `release_steps.py` robust to release repos that have no
`nightly-testing` branch. Previously, `git merge origin/nightly-testing`
would fail with "not something we can merge" and the error handler
misinterpreted this as a merge conflict, then crashed trying to commit
with nothing to commit. Now we check for the branch with
`git ls-remote --heads` before attempting the merge.

🤖 Prepared with Claude Code

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@ -666,56 +666,61 @@ def execute_release_steps(repo, version, config):
# Fetch latest changes to ensure we have the most up-to-date nightly-testing branch
print(blue("Fetching latest changes from origin..."))
run_command("git fetch origin", cwd=repo_path)
try:
print(blue("Merging origin/nightly-testing..."))
run_command("git merge origin/nightly-testing", cwd=repo_path)
print(green("Merge completed successfully"))
except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
# Merge failed due to conflicts - check which files are conflicted
print(blue("Merge conflicts detected, checking which files are affected..."))
# Get conflicted files using git status
status_result = run_command("git status --porcelain", cwd=repo_path)
conflicted_files = []
for line in status_result.stdout.splitlines():
if len(line) >= 2 and line[:2] in ['UU', 'AA', 'DD', 'AU', 'UA', 'DU', 'UD']:
# Extract filename (skip the first 3 characters which are status codes)
conflicted_files.append(line[3:])
# Filter out allowed files
allowed_patterns = ['lean-toolchain', 'lake-manifest.json']
problematic_files = []
for file in conflicted_files:
is_allowed = any(pattern in file for pattern in allowed_patterns)
if not is_allowed:
problematic_files.append(file)
if problematic_files:
# There are conflicts in non-allowed files - fail
print(red("❌ Merge failed!"))
print(red(f"Merging nightly-testing resulted in conflicts in:"))
for file in problematic_files:
print(red(f" - {file}"))
print(red("Please resolve these conflicts manually."))
return
else:
# Only allowed files are conflicted - resolve them automatically
print(green(f"✅ Only allowed files conflicted: {', '.join(conflicted_files)}"))
print(blue("Resolving conflicts automatically..."))
# For lean-toolchain and lake-manifest.json, keep our versions
# Check if nightly-testing branch exists on origin (use local ref after fetch for exact match)
nightly_check = run_command("git show-ref --verify --quiet refs/remotes/origin/nightly-testing", cwd=repo_path, check=False)
if nightly_check.returncode != 0:
print(yellow("No nightly-testing branch found on origin, skipping merge"))
else:
try:
print(blue("Merging origin/nightly-testing..."))
run_command("git merge origin/nightly-testing", cwd=repo_path)
print(green("Merge completed successfully"))
except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
# Merge failed due to conflicts - check which files are conflicted
print(blue("Merge conflicts detected, checking which files are affected..."))
# Get conflicted files using git status
status_result = run_command("git status --porcelain", cwd=repo_path)
conflicted_files = []
for line in status_result.stdout.splitlines():
if len(line) >= 2 and line[:2] in ['UU', 'AA', 'DD', 'AU', 'UA', 'DU', 'UD']:
# Extract filename (skip the first 3 characters which are status codes)
conflicted_files.append(line[3:])
# Filter out allowed files
allowed_patterns = ['lean-toolchain', 'lake-manifest.json']
problematic_files = []
for file in conflicted_files:
print(blue(f"Keeping our version of {file}"))
run_command(f"git checkout --ours {file}", cwd=repo_path)
# Complete the merge
run_command("git add .", cwd=repo_path)
run_command("git commit --no-edit", cwd=repo_path)
print(green("✅ Merge completed successfully with automatic conflict resolution"))
is_allowed = any(pattern in file for pattern in allowed_patterns)
if not is_allowed:
problematic_files.append(file)
if problematic_files:
# There are conflicts in non-allowed files - fail
print(red("❌ Merge failed!"))
print(red(f"Merging nightly-testing resulted in conflicts in:"))
for file in problematic_files:
print(red(f" - {file}"))
print(red("Please resolve these conflicts manually."))
return
else:
# Only allowed files are conflicted - resolve them automatically
print(green(f"✅ Only allowed files conflicted: {', '.join(conflicted_files)}"))
print(blue("Resolving conflicts automatically..."))
# For lean-toolchain and lake-manifest.json, keep our versions
for file in conflicted_files:
print(blue(f"Keeping our version of {file}"))
run_command(f"git checkout --ours {file}", cwd=repo_path)
# Complete the merge
run_command("git add .", cwd=repo_path)
run_command("git commit --no-edit", cwd=repo_path)
print(green("✅ Merge completed successfully with automatic conflict resolution"))
# Build and test (skip for Mathlib)
if repo_name not in ["mathlib4"]: