How can I selectively merge or pick changes from another branch in Git?

Question

I\'m using Git on a new project that has two parallel -- but currently experimental -- development branches:

• master: import of existing codebase pl

Answer 1

I found this post to contain the simplest answer. Merely do:

git checkout  

Example

Pulling .gitignore file from branchB into current branch:

git checkout branchB .gitignore

See the post for more information.