chore: set up backport rule for 53 (backport #23871) (#23872)

Co-authored-by: Alex | Interchain Labs <alex@interchainlabs.io>

.mergify.yml

@@ -1,21 +1,25 @@
 queue_rules:
   - name: default
-    conditions:
-      - "#approved-reviews-by>1"
-
-pull_request_rules:
-  - name: automerge to main with label automerge and branch protection passing
-    conditions:
+    queue_conditions:
       - "#approved-reviews-by>1"
       - base=main
       - label=A:automerge
+    merge_conditions:
+      - "#approved-reviews-by>1"
+    commit_message_template: |
+      {{ title }} (#{{ number }})
+      {{ body }}
+    merge_method: squash
+
+pull_request_rules:
+  - name: backport patches to v0.53.x branch
+    conditions:
+      - base=main
+      - label=backport/v0.53.x
     actions:
-      queue:
-        name: default
-        method: squash
-        commit_message_template: |
-          {{ title }} (#{{ number }})
-          {{ body }}
+      backport:
+        branches:
+          - release/v0.53.x
   - name: backport patches to v0.50.x branch
     conditions:
       - base=main
@@ -48,3 +52,7 @@ pull_request_rules:
       backport:
         branches:
           - release/v0.45.x
+  - name: automerge to main with label automerge and branch protection passing
+    conditions: []
+    actions:
+      queue: