Git Cherry-Pick: Copy One Commit (Not a Whole Branch)
Cherry-pick applies one specific commit from another branch onto your current branch.
You don’t merge the whole branch. You steal one snapshot.
The command
git switch main git cherry-pick <commit-sha>
When it’s perfect
- a hotfix exists on a feature branch and production needs only that fix
- you accidentally committed on the wrong branch and need one commit elsewhere
- backporting a single change to a release branch
Next
If cherry-pick causes conflicts, resolve them like any other merge conflict: