Re: Cherry pick a commit but with files in another location

From: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 13, 2020, 05:43 UTC
Message-ID: <CAN0heSp+Lmyx=eGjjioCYc6dmncz4Dcwo-MCsfMMKbP6vKdOzQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <AE1E8050-EF04-47A0-96E0-27EEC4A0C013@anirban.org>

On Sat, 11 Apr 2020 at 15:25, Ani Sinha <ani@anirban.org> wrote:

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> > On Apr 11, 2020, at 6:13 PM, Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Do you use "git cherry-pick", "git am" or "git apply"?
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> Yes

I still don't understand exactly what it is you're doing.

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> > (Or
> > something else entirely?) Are you aware of "-p<n>" for "git apply"
> > (and "--directory=<root>"?) and are wondering what similar options are
> > available with "git cherry-pick"?
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> Yes was wondering if similar options exist for cherry pick. I wanted
> to use cherry-pick  so that cherry picks can be tracked by git.

Are you working on some repo that is publicly available, e.g., on github/gitlab? If so, you could post a link.

What is it that you try doing? You could post the commands you execute.

What happens? You could post error messages.

What do you expect *should* happen? You could try to describe your expectations.

Without that kind of information, it is unfortunately hard to help you.

One final thought: Have you actually tried cherry-picking the way you want to, and have you actually encountered a problem? Or are you looking for solutions to a problem that you're not sure you're having?

Martin