Moving commits between branches

branch-fu.md

Example: Moving up to a few commits to another branch

Branch A has commits (X,Y) that also need to be in Branch B. The cherry-pick operations should be done in the same chronological order that the commits appear in Branch A.

cherry-pick does support a range of commits, but if you have merge commits in that range, it gets really complicated

git checkout branch-B
git cherry-pick X
git cherry-pick Y

Example: Moving a range of commits

Branch A has a series of commits (X..Y) that need to be moved to branch B. For this case, you'll need to specify the commit before the initial commit you're interested in order for it to be included. Example: you want commits B..D from (...A->B->C->D-E->...) you would use "A" as the starting commit. You'll also need the commit SHA for the HEAD of the branch you are transferring to.

git checkout branch-B
git log  # Note the SHA of most recent commit (M)
git rebase --onto M <commit before X> Y
git rebase HEAD branch-B

Thanks, used cherry-pick today for the first time without collapsing the space-time continuum <3
@iampeterbanjo i feel your concerns :)

Nice and easy, thank you for the explanation and comments in the section for alternatives!

This article explains it well in details.

How To Move A Commit To Another Branch In Git