git push origin <current_branch>
        open the PR
        clean up branch

def continue_cherry_pick(self):
        """
        git push origin <current_branch>
        open the PR
        clean up branch
        """
        if self.initial_state != WORKFLOW_STATES.BACKPORT_PAUSED:
            raise ValueError("One can only continue a paused process.")

        cherry_pick_branch = get_current_branch()
        if cherry_pick_branch.startswith("backport-"):
            set_state(WORKFLOW_STATES.CONTINUATION_STARTED)
            # amend the commit message, prefix with [X.Y]
            base = get_base_branch(cherry_pick_branch)
            short_sha = cherry_pick_branch[
                cherry_pick_branch.index("-") + 1 : cherry_pick_branch.index(base) - 1
            ]
            full_sha = get_full_sha_from_short(short_sha)
            commit_message = self.get_commit_message(short_sha)
            co_author_info = (
                f"Co-authored-by: {get_author_info_from_short_sha(short_sha)}"
            )
            updated_commit_message = f"""[{base}] {commit_message}.
(cherry picked from commit {full_sha})


{co_author_info}"""
            if self.dry_run:
                click.echo(
                    f"  dry-run: git commit -a -m '{updated_commit_message}' --allow-empty"
                )
            else:
                cmd = [
                    "git",
                    "commit",
                    "-a",
                    "-m",
                    updated_commit_message,
                    "--allow-empty",
                ]
                subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)

            self.push_to_remote(base, cherry_pick_branch)

            self.cleanup_branch(cherry_pick_branch)

            click.echo("\nBackport PR:\n")
            click.echo(updated_commit_message)
            set_state(WORKFLOW_STATES.BACKPORTING_CONTINUATION_SUCCEED)

        else:
            click.echo(
                f"Current branch ({cherry_pick_branch}) is not a backport branch.  Will not continue. \U0001F61B"
            )
            set_state(WORKFLOW_STATES.CONTINUATION_FAILED)

        reset_stored_config_ref()
        reset_state()