Phase 2 · Git & GitHub
TopicsCherry Pick
Part of the Full Stack Developer Roadmap.
Summary
`git cherry-pick <commit>` applies a single specific commit from one branch onto another, without merging the whole branch.
How to Learn This
- 1Cherry-pick a single commit from one branch onto another in a sandbox repo.
- 2Learn when cherry-pick is the right tool — e.g. hotfixing a specific change to a release branch.
- 3Understand that cherry-picking creates a new commit with a different hash.
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