8. Advanced Git Operations
Write the command to cherry-pick a range of commits from “source-branch” to the current branch.
PROGRAM:
To cherry-pick a range of commits from “source-branch” to the current branch, you can use the following command:
git cherry-pick <start-commit>^..<end-commit>
Replace <start-commit>
and <end-commit>
with the commit hashes or references that define the range of commits you want to cherry-pick. The ^
(caret) symbol is used to exclude the starting commit itself from the range.
For example, if you want to cherry-pick the commits from commit A to commit B (excluding A) from “source-branch” to the current branch, you would run:
git cherry-pick A^..B
After running this command, Git will apply the specified range of commits onto your current branch. If there are any conflicts, Git will pause the cherry-pick process and ask you to resolve them. After resolving conflicts, you can continue the cherry-pick with:
git cherry-pick --continue
If you encounter issues and need to abort the cherry-pick operation, you can use:
git cherry-pick --abort
Remember that cherry-picking introduces new commits based on the changes from the source branch, so conflicts may arise, and manual intervention might be required.