Cherry picking in Git is the act of choosing a commit from one branch and applying it to another branch. It is a useful command for undoing changes or applying specific commits to a different branch. Cherry picking is different from other ways of integrating changes, such as merge and rebase, which normally apply many commits to another branch.

To use the git cherry-pick command, you need to specify the commit you want to apply to the current branch. You can find the commit reference by using git log . For example, if you want to apply commit f from the feature branch to the main branch, you can execute the following command: git cherry-pick f .

Some important use cases of cherry picking are:

• Applying a commit made in an incorrect branch to the correct branch.
• Using the same data structure for both the frontend and backend of a project.
• Delivering a fix to end users as quickly as possible when a bug is found.
• Restoring a feature branch that has gone stale and not been merged into the main branch.

It is important to note that cherry picking can have some disadvantages, such as creating duplicate commits and making the commit history more difficult to follow.