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+# FORK from containerd/containerd main
+
+Only make changes to contrib/cherry-pick-prs.sh
+
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diff --git a/contrib/cherry-pick-prs.sh b/contrib/cherry-pick-prs.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Cherry-pick GitHub PRs into current branch
+#
+# Usage: Edit the invocations below, then run this script
+
+set -e
+
+cherry_pick_pr() {
+    local repo=$1
+    local pr=$2
+    local pr_branch="pr-${repo//\//-}-$pr"
+
+    echo "=================================================="
+    echo "Cherry-picking $repo#$pr"
+    echo "=================================================="
+
+    # Fetch the PR
+    echo "Fetching PR #$pr from $repo..."
+    if ! git fetch "https://github.com/$repo" "pull/$pr/head:$pr_branch"; then
+        echo "Error: Failed to fetch PR #$pr from $repo"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    # Get merge base and commits (skip merge commits)
+    local merge_base=$(git merge-base HEAD "$pr_branch")
+    local commits=$(git rev-list --reverse --no-merges "$merge_base..$pr_branch")
+    local count=$(echo "$commits" | wc -l)
+
+    echo "Found $count commit(s) to cherry-pick"
+    echo ""
+    git --no-pager log --oneline "$merge_base..$pr_branch"
+    echo ""
+
+    # Cherry-pick each commit
+    for commit in $commits; do
+        echo "Cherry-picking: $(git log -1 --oneline $commit)"
+        if ! git cherry-pick --empty=drop "$commit"; then
+            echo ""
+            echo "Error: Cherry-pick failed!"
+            echo "Resolve conflicts, then run:"
+            echo "  git cherry-pick --continue  # or --skip or --abort"
+            git branch -D "$pr_branch" 2>/dev/null || true
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    done
+
+    echo "✓ Successfully cherry-picked $repo#$pr"
+    echo ""
+
+    # Cleanup
+    git branch -D "$pr_branch" 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
+echo "Current branch: $(git branch --show-current)"
+echo ""
+
+# ============================================================================
+# Edit this section to add/remove PRs to cherry-pick
+# ============================================================================
+
+# cherry_pick_pr <owner/repo> <pr_number>
+#
+# The following PRs have been merged to upstream main and are included via rebase:
+#   #12821, #12836, #12849, #12868, #12913, #12916, #12923, #12928
+#
+# Only cherry-pick PRs that are still open:
+cherry_pick_pr containerd/containerd 12608
+cherry_pick_pr containerd/containerd 12562 # This also contains a commit from 12608, but that's fine since it will be skipped
+cherry_pick_pr containerd/containerd 12667
+cherry_pick_pr containerd/containerd 12785
+cherry_pick_pr containerd/containerd 12865
+cherry_pick_pr dmcgowan/containerd 11 # This needs a PR on containerd/containerd still
+cherry_pick_pr containerd/containerd 12921 # sys, dialer: support AF_UNIX sockets on Windows
+cherry_pick_pr containerd/containerd 12938 # mount/manager: set sparse file attribute on Windows before mkfs
+
+