[vtk-developers] Cherry picking

Ben Boeckel ben.boeckel at kitware.com
Tue Mar 17 16:01:44 EDT 2015


On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 15:08:23 -0400, Brad King wrote:
> You could also just create a temporary branch to merge the topic
> you're reviewing:
> 
>  $ git checkout -b try-theirs
>  $ git merge gl/$username/$branch
>  (test it)
>  $ git checkout -
>  (should switch back to where you were)
>  $ git branch -D try-theirs

I think the point was to get *just* their changes on top of what has
already been built so as to not have to rebuild everything. Fine for
review, not for actual testing.

--Ben


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