git-cherry-pick

Background info: Due to restrictions in workflow with out existing systems, we need to set up a somewhat unorthodox git process. (patch) A-B---F | | (hotfix) C-D-E | (dev) 1-2-3-G On the patch branch, there are some commits. The files here are similar but not identical to the ones on dev (sync scripts switch around the order of settings in many of the files, making them appear changed while they are functionally the same). A fix is needed on this branch so a hotfix branch is created and worked on. This branch is then merged back into patch, so far, so good. This same fix needs to be deployed

How do I continue cherry picking using SourceTree after I resolved confilcts. If I am doing rebase and I get conflicts then after resolving them when I click commit SourceTree lets me continue that rebase. But how to continue cherry pick operation? cherry-pick effectively applies the changes from commit A onto the working tree and makes a commit. This means if you get any conflicts during cherry-pick ing you just need to commit after resolving them to finish the cherry-pick . EDIT Edward noted that this is only true when you are cherry-pick ing a single commit. When picking multiple commits

I'm sure this is a simple thing that has been asked and answered, but I don't know what terms to search for. I have this: /--master--X--Y A--B \--C--D--E Where I commited C, D, and E (locally only) on a branch, but then I realized that D and E are really independent of C. I want to move C to its own branch, and keep D and E for later. That is, I want this: /--C /--master--X--Y A--B \--D--E How do I yank C out from under D and E? You can use git cherry-pick to grab C, and put it on Y. Assuming Y exists as the tip a branch called branch-Y : $ git checkout branch-Y $ git cherry-pick C So now C is

As my concern here is, I have old commit in my another local branch [contains abc.cpp, def.cpp]. Now after few months I want use those changes, but in my current branch abc.cpp is upgraded. So is it like if I cherry pick then it will integrate changes of old abc.cpp into new abc.cpp [recent working directory copy]? The git-cherry-pick(1) man page says: Given one or more existing commits, apply the change each one introduces, recording a new commit for each. This requires your working tree to be clean (no modifications from the HEAD commit). In plain English, this means that git cherry-pick

In Git, cherry-pick retains the original commit's author, timestamp etc, at least when there are no conflicts. But is there any way to determine what user performed the cherry-pick which brought that commit to the new branch? The author will be picked up from the original commit, but the committer (shown with git log --format=full ) will be the one doing the cherry picking. This committer field is not secure, as cherry-pick commit creation is ultimately under the control of the cherry-picker. The only reliable way to track the commit creator, in this case the cherry pick instigator, is by

Yesterday I cherry-picked two commits into my main branch, one of them caused merge conflicts and I resolved them, committed and pushed them to origin. Today I am attempting to pull from the server when I get the following error: $ git pull fatal: You have not concluded your cherry-pick (CHERRY_PICK_HEAD exists). Please, commit your changes before you can merge. $ Git status reads: $ git status # On branch main # Your branch is behind 'origin/main' by 2 commits, and can be fast-forwarded. # $ I have tried the following to no avail: $ git cherry-pick --continue usage: git cherry-pick [options]

So I have done countless cherry picks before and it seems that I must fail at life with this right now, I am trying to cherry pick from one branch to another which should be easy, how ever I get an error about it being a merge but not -m was given? $ git cherry-pick a8c5ad438f6173dc34f6ec45bddcef2ab23285e0 error: Commit a8c5ad438f6173dc34f6ec45bddcef2ab23285e0 is a merge but no -m option was given. fatal: cherry-pick failed That looks wrong.......it should be: $ git cherry-pick a8c5ad438f6173dc34f6ec45bddcef2ab23285e0 Since when do I have to supply a -m function? user4815162342 You have to