Git Move Commits

Note

Commits are not related to the branch they are on. They are agnostic.

Start by getting all the commits you want to move over. You can rewrite history however here to make it happen.

# Get the commits I want to move
git log --oneline

# Let's say I want to move across commits with hashes X, Y, Z
# Switch first so we don't base the new branch off the current one
git switch <main|master>
git switch --create <new-branch>

# Cherry pick those commits, you can pick multiple at once
git cherry-pick X Y Z

# Move back and remove those commits
git switch <old-branch>
git rebase -i <before-X>