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Copy commit from one branch to another without using git merge

Fongoh Martin T. on November 20, 2020

So I was doing some tests in code today and had to create a test branch. After the testing was done, I forgot to change the branch back to "master...

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Terri Fricker • Sep 6 '21

Thanks! Just what I needed this morning.

Fongoh Martin T. • Jun 30 '22

Happy it solved your problem.

Karan Mittal • Dec 14 '21

you are a life saver. Thanks

Fongoh Martin T. • Jun 30 '22

Glad the post could help.

pavel-256 • Jun 29 '22

It works like a magic !!!
thanks

Fongoh Martin T. • Jun 30 '22

Happy could help.

Patrick Meppe • Feb 3

This is exactly what I was looking for. 😀
In my case I am building a CI/CD process and need to integrate the changes made after the build processes (build branch) in the main-dev branch.

Thanks and Greetings.

esambe • Nov 20 '20

Great. Maybe cherry-pick command is used behind the scene somehow to manage merging.😁

Fongoh Martin T. • Nov 20 '20

Thanks man. Yea, could be, not yet explored git that much...

Anmol Chhabra • May 12 '24

It gave me an warning after I tried to pull from main:
You have not concluded your cherry-pick (CHERRY_PICK_HEAD exists).
Please, commit your changes before you merge.

Suhaib H Syed • Feb 23 '23

I signed up at dev.to just to say thanks to you. Thank you for explaining the cherry-pick command in just the right context.