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What is the purpose of the Git cherry-pick command?

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The git cherry-pick command is used to transfer one or more commits from one branch to another.

Main usage scenarios:

  • Applying hotfixes: Suitable for quickly transferring critical fixes from a development branch (or hotfix branch) to a release or main branch without merging the entire branch.
  • Extracting specific changes: Allows selecting individual commits to include in another branch, for example, transferring functionality from an experimental branch to the main branch.
  • Reapplying commits: Sometimes used to reapply commits that were accidentally lost or need to be included in a different sequence.