What does git cherry-pick branch_name do?

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What does git cherry-pick branch_name do?

Does it cherry-pick only the latest commit from the branch with the name branch_name onto my current branch, or does it cherry-pick a range of commits from that branch, and if so what range? Bonus question: in the latter case, how would I cherry-pick all commits from a given branch?

Does https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9339429 answer your question? — James Risner, Feb 01 '23 at 16:22
`git cherry-pick branch_name` picks the *last commit of that branch*. "cherry-picking multiple commits" is basically what `git rebase` does. — Joachim Sauer, Feb 01 '23 at 16:23
@JoachimSauer I bet you know it but so that the OP is aware: you can cherry-pick whole ranges of commits without using rebase by using (drumroll)...... `git cherry-pick commit-before-first-commit-to-be-applied..last-commit-of-range`. — eftshift0, Feb 01 '23 at 16:49
@choroba: Well, it cherry-picked the changes from the latest commit and so it did what I wanted it to, but that branch happened to only have one commit (at least only one on top of the nearest parent), so I was wondering what it would do otherwise. — fuenfundachtzig, Feb 01 '23 at 16:55
@JamesRisner, no, that question is about git cherry-pick in general. — fuenfundachtzig, Feb 01 '23 at 17:00
Adding one more commit and cherry-picking the branch to see could be done in a minute. — choroba, Feb 01 '23 at 17:28
Right, and from now on people can just check here without having to try for themselves. — fuenfundachtzig, Feb 01 '23 at 18:08

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 01 '23 at 16:24

It takes just the latest commit of that branch - https://git-scm.com/docs/git-cherry-pick#Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt-codegitcherry-pickmastercode.

For the "bonus" question, see this thread: How to git cherrypick all changes introduced in specific branch.

What does git cherry-pick branch_name do?

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