From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:33:24 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] stash: fix segmentation fault when files were added with intent
Message-ID: <xmqqd0ooh79n.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1901211556150.41@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> when I want to see whether a given branch is buggy and when I cannot
> simply `git cherry-pick <commit-demonstrating-a-bug>`:
>
> 	git cherry-pick <commit-fixing-the-bug-and-adding-a-test>
> 	git checkout HEAD^ -- :^/t/

Yup.  It is easy to just apply the t/ part to grab the test update
to see breakage (which I already said when I told you to have a fix
and test protecting the future breakage of the fix in a single patch
long time ago).