git merge
issues. Out of frustration, you copy the code from the commit, and then just commit it using git commit -a
. Satisfied, you push it up to GitHub.git merge
issues, so decided to just copy the code and commit it as your own. This is bad because the author information does not get transferred over with your copy, which you have to specify manually.git cherry-pick
, the entire commit information, down to when the commit was created, is picked into your repository. You don't have to do anything in this case..patch
, with the period, to the end of the URL and press Enter to navigate to the raw patch.