Re: How to pull only a few files from one branch to another?

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Jan 24, 2007, 06:58 UTC
Message-ID: <7vac08j4go.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0701240019250.20138@iabervon.org>

Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org> writes:

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> You don't pull in a few files, you apply the changes made in a few 
> commits:
>
>   git diff HEX_OF_NIT_FIX^ HEX_OF_NIT_FIX | git apply
>
> If there's other stuff in the nit-fixing commit, shame on you, but you can 
> edit the patch before applying it to remove everything that's not what you 
> want.

Or just:

	git cherry-pick HEX_OF_NIT_FIX

possibly followed by tweaking the result and running:

	git commit --amend