BACKPORTING OF BUG PATCHES

A system and method to facilitate backporting of bug patches to earlier versions of a project are disclosed. In one implementation, an indication that an error has been fixed for a version of a project managed by a code review system is received. An indication that a patch for the error has been applied to the earlier version of the project is received from the code review system. A message is sent to at least one participant of the project identifying the patch and the earlier version of the project, and indicating that the patch has been successfully applied to the earlier version of the project.