Cherry-pick
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ELI5 — The Vibe Check
Cherry-pick is like copying one specific change from another branch without merging everything. Imagine your friend's branch has 10 commits but you only want commit #7 — cherry-pick grabs just that one.
Real Talk
Cherry-pick applies the changes from a specific commit onto your current branch, creating a new commit. It's useful for selectively applying bugfixes or features without merging entire branches.
Show Me The Code
git cherry-pick abc123f
When You'll Hear This
"Cherry-pick the hotfix into the release branch." / "Just cherry-pick that one commit."
Related Terms
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Rebase
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