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merge only some of the changed files?

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Ffkater@googlemail.com <fkater@googlemail.com>
Date
Mar 19, 2010, 13:40 UTC
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Hi all,
I am quite new to git.

If I want to merge branch B into A, however not all of the changed files in B, how do I do that?

In other words: 'git diff --name-only A..B' lists 10 files but I want to merge only 5 of them.

Thank You
 Felix
Next: Michael J Gruber
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  1. fkater@googlemail.comMar 19, 2010
  2. Michael J GruberMar 19, 2010
  3. Thomas RastMar 19, 2010

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