git cherry-pick

[Warner Losh]

On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 7:09 PM tech-lists <tech-lists at zyxst.net> wrote:

> git newbie here. If one has the full git /usr/src repo, and wants to
> build for stable/13, what are the commands to "cherry-pick" a commit from
> main
> and apply it to (local) stable/13?


If one is tracking stable/13, one usually is allowing others to figure out
what to
cherry pick. Generally, it's most commits that don't change the ABI and/or
that
fix bugs and introduce low risk features.

As a tracker of stable/13, one needn't worry too much about the mechanics.

Warner