Re: GIT version

[BB <adamnt42@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/2/25 7:54 pm, Christof Thalhofer wrote:
> The 'staging area' with its possibility to select and collect a couple 
> of changes to compose a commit. The 'stash' that can be used to set 
> aside all changes to forget them or reapply them later. I did not test 
> if it can be used to create branches and if it would be possible to 
> cherry-pick from another branch into the current one. 

Yes, I start to see.

That is one of the reasons I use external tools (like qgit) where I can 
do "partial" commits of the current working set (or staged changes as 
you call them).

As for the cherry picking copy issue, I dont think that is possible 
(with ease).

A ----> B ------------->

                  \   pick some of

                    \ B and merge it back into A

A -----> A' ---------------->

There may be a way to do this with git itself but frankly it looks like 
a recipe for madness 😕

cheers

b