Add a few retries around failure points in release scripting #1353
Description
What would you like to be added:
Adding some retries around failure points in release scripting before failing completely. Eg:
- docker pull commands on the code for Mock Release (Issue Implement clone, commit and push of release notes draft to user's fork #1102 )
- "Step Initial commit of release automation tooling. #1: PUSH GIT OBJECTS (11/14)" (Issue gcbmgr release frequently fails at "push git objects" #933 )
- audit past year's "HACK" and "revert" commits on anago/gcbmgr/lib shell to other points which would benefit from a basic sleep/retry loop
Why is this needed:
In case of failure, often we just need to hack workaround and attempt to re-run the release process, which is very time and resource consuming. Adding retries will allow these attempts to take place on the same run.