Git cherry pick out files into another directory with full paths retained.

cherry-pick-sample.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Author: _j_a_s_o_n_g_at_a_p_a_c_h_e_dot_org
# License: GNU GPLv3
#

set -e

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  echo "Please supply param 1 as the git hash which to cheery pick. Now exiting..."
  exit 1
fi;
GIT_HASH=$1

if [ -z "$2" ]; then
  echo "Please supply param 2 as the fully qualified destination. Now exiting..."
  exit 1
fi;
DEST=$2


for file in `git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r $GIT_HASH`; do;
  folder=$(dirname $file)
  mkdir -p $DEST/$folder
  cp "$file" $DEST/$folder
done

echo "Done. You'll find the files cherry picked with pull paths in [$DEST]."