Stop cherry-picking, start merging, Part 9: Chasing the commit

Raymond ChenMarch 22, 2018Mar 22, 201803/22/18

Catch the train.

Stop cherry-picking, start merging, Part 8: How to merge a partial cherry-pick

Raymond ChenMarch 21, 2018Mar 21, 201803/21/18

Pick what you want.

Stop cherry-picking, start merging, Part 7: Preventing a change from leaving a branch

Raymond ChenMarch 20, 2018Mar 20, 201803/20/18

More advanced merge base tricks.

Stop cherry-picking, start merging, Part 6: Replacing the temporary fix with the permanent fix

Raymond ChenMarch 19, 2018Mar 19, 201803/19/18

Advanced merge base tricks.

Stop cherry-picking, start merging, Part 5: Exploiting the three-way merge

Raymond ChenMarch 16, 2018Mar 16, 201803/16/18

Making sure you have the correct merge base.

Stop cherry-picking, start merging, Part 4: Exploiting the recursive merge algorithm

Raymond ChenMarch 15, 2018Mar 15, 201803/15/18

Recursive merging for fun and profit.

Stop cherry-picking, start merging, Part 3: Avoiding problems by creating a new merge base

Raymond ChenMarch 14, 2018Mar 14, 201803/14/18

Move the cherry-pick into the merge base so that git knows it exists in both sides.

Stop cherry-picking, start merging, Part 2: The merge conflict that never happened (but should have)

Raymond ChenMarch 13, 2018Mar 13, 201803/13/18

You wish you got a merge conflict, but you didn't.

Stop cherry-picking, start merging, Part 1: The merge conflict

Raymond ChenMarch 12, 2018Mar 12, 201803/12/18

Setting the pieces into motion.