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.\"    Manual: Chromium depot_tools Manual
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.TH "GIT\-DROVER" "1" "08/20/2014" "depot_tools b2c2b1c" "Chromium depot_tools Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
git-drover \- Apply a commit from the trunk to a release branch, or from one release branch to another\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf
\fIgit drover\fR
.fi
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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git drover is NOT IMPLEMENTED yet\&. See the EXAMPLE section for the equivalent sequence of commands to run\&.
.SH "EXAMPLE"
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Before working with branches, you must \*(Aqgclient sync \-\-with_branch_heads\*(Aq at least once to fetch the branches\&.
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.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
\fB$ git log \-n 1 \-\-pretty=fuller\fR
commit d4bdf220b1b8d616ae71ab2d539f106f167c03e1
Author:     some\&.committer <some\&.committer@chromium\&.org>
AuthorDate: Thu Apr 10 08:54:46 2014 +0000
Commit:     some\&.committer <some\&.committer@chromium\&.org>
CommitDate: Thu Apr 10 08:54:46 2014 +0000

    This change needs to go to branch 9999
\fB$ git checkout \-b drover_9999 branch\-heads/9999\fR
Branch drover_9999 set up to track remote ref refs/branch\-heads/9999\&.
# DO NOT leave off the \*(Aq\-x\*(Aq flag
\fB$ git cherry\-pick \-x d4bdf220b1b8d616ae71ab2d539f106f167c03e1\fR
[drover_9999 6356f5a] This change needs to go to branch 9999
 Author: some\&.committer <some\&.committer@chromium\&.org>
 Date: Thu Apr 10 08:54:46 2014 +0000
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 modified_file
\fB$ git log \-n 1 \-\-pretty=fuller\fR
commit 6356f5a94785197320d59639e794b83783094329
Author:     some\&.committer <some\&.committer@chromium\&.org>
AuthorDate: Thu Apr 10 08:54:46 2014 +0000
Commit:     branch\&.maintainer <branch\&.maintainer@chromium\&.org>
CommitDate: Thu Apr 10 09:11:36 2014 +0000

    This change needs to go to branch 9999

    (cherry picked from commit d4bdf220b1b8d616ae71ab2d539f106f167c03e1)
\fB$ git cl upload\fR
# Get LGTM or TBR\&.
\fB$ git cl land\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBgit-cherry-pick\fR(1)
.SH "CHROMIUM DEPOT_TOOLS"
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Part of the chromium \fBdepot_tools\fR(7) suite\&. These tools are meant to assist with the development of chromium and related projects\&. Download the tools from \m[blue]\fBhere\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2\&.
.SH "NOTES"
.IP " 1." 4
here
.RS 4
\%https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git
.RE