Re: How to push the very last modification only ?

> Hi,
> 
> On 18/07/11 19:47, J. Bakshi wrote:
> > Hello list,
> > 
> > I have found that during push, all local commit goes into the git 
> > server.
> 
> Yes that's the normal behaviour. When you think about what push is doing
> it's trying to make the remote branch the same as your local branch.
> 
> > Where I like to only push the very last modification with
> > a meaningful comment which will be available at the git server. How
> > can I then push only the last modified one ?
> 
> This is easily doable. What you need to do is prepare a branch that you
> do want to push. Something like this, assuming that your current branch
> is 'master' and you want to push to origin/master:
> 
>   # first create temporary a branch to use while you're delivering
>   git checkout -b delivery origin/master
> 
>   # now cherry pick the commits you do want to push. I usually use
>   # gitk and cherry-pick from the right-click menu, but for simplicity
>   # I'll use git cherry-pick here.
>   git cherry-pick master
>   # you can provide a commit id instead of 'master'.
> 
>   # at this point you could also use git commit --amend to add any
>   # final tweaks to the commit
> 
>   # check that your delivery branch is good using git log/gitk. Build,
>   # test, etc
> 
>   # now push it to your local delivery branch to the remote master
>   # branch
>   git push origin delivery:master
> 
>   # now do some cleanup
>   git checkout master
>   git branch -d delivery
>   git rebase origin/master
> 
>