Streamline your hotfix integration with automated main merging

Nina Tan, a software developer at Bandwidth, shares her experience automating the merging of hotfixes back into the main branch after deployment. This automated solution reduces inconsistencies and strengthens deployment reliability by ensuring that newly deployed hotfix changes aren't overwritten during the next release. The process involves creating a new branch from the tag, using GitHub CLI tool to create a pull request, and adding an automated notification via Slack webhook for team approval. This automation not only alleviates some workload from the release engineer but also allows them to close their laptops knowing that their hard work will be merged into the main branch soon.